Saildrone, Blue Water Autonomy Ruling Adds Restrictions to OTA Funding Model

PARIS — An acquisition tool that the Pentagon has recently favored now comes with more strings attached following a late October ruling from a federal judge on a Navy drone boat program. Judge Philip Hadji, who sits on the Federal Court of Claims, asserts the court is a venue to challenge Other Transaction Authorities, providing a check against OTA awards from the Pentagon, according to the Oct. 30 ruling that was unsealed last week. Other transaction authority, an acquisition tool developed dur

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