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this report was sponsored by the Office of the Director of Operational Test
and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense. The contents of this
Technical Report do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the
sponsor. We are indebted to the TASC Inc. (TASC) for the use of the
comparative cost growth data shown in Figure 5
. We
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