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I am absolutely thrilled to be here

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today to talk a little bit about the

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importance of MI I as well as mantech

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programs . I can tell you they are

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absolute treasures within the dod .

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They are innovative , they help

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industry in terms of solving the most

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challenging problems . They are also

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there to spin out new company . So

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small companies start ups , all the

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major primes are all participating as

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part of the mantech programs . We , we

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want to show military insurance . OK .

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Mainly is this robust enough ? Is this

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going to be liable because it can offer

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more than internal means that we have

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our institutes ? And um so it's not

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just looking at um was

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manufacturing up front in the

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manufacturing and the sustainment

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pieces on the back end . And so this

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program was developed to really drive ,

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try to drive those costs down . That's

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the ultimate goal , right ? It's much

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easier to do it right the first time

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and try to fight to bring it back . So

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let's just build the industry here in

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the United States . The Emerging

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Technologies Conference has been

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fantastic because a lot of the work

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that we're doing is simply to address

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emerging technologies for the dod and

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whether that be one of the 14 critical

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technology areas for OUDR and E or

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something that falls outside those

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boundaries . Hearing the people here

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talk about the issues that are at hand

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for the defense industrial base and the

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ways that we need to overcome those

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challenges . Mantech has a unique

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capability to step in and step up to

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the plate and make a big impact and

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hopefully we're able to do that in

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tandem with other dod programs and

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platforms .