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US defense sector historically consolidated, plagued by labor shortages, DOD says in push to boost competition

By Khushita Vasant
  • 15 Feb 2022 04:30
  • 14 Feb 2022 21:58
The US defense sector is historically consolidated and must be subject to a “necessary” tightening of merger oversight, the Defense Department said in a report today.
The agency also called for addressing intellectual property limitations, the need to attract new entrants, and ways to create opportunities for small businesses by

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Khushita Vasant

Chief Antitrust Correspondent, US


Khushita covers US antitrust enforcement and litigation for MLex. A former Brussels hand, she wrote about about antitrust & mergers for the Policy and Regulatory Report (PaRR), she has covered the EU's actions against Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon to name a few. Khushita specialises in tech and patent policy coverage which featured in the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards. Previously as a financial journalist for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, she wrote about monetary policy and the bond and currency markets. Khushita studied journalism at Mumbai University, and received an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for a masters from universities in Germany and Austria.

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