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DoD Waives Procurement Restrictions on Some U.K. Defense Articles.

The Defense Department is lifting restrictions for certain defense items produced in the U.K. that limited procurement to sources in the national technology and industrial base. The waiver is effective from March 1, 2013, until Feb. 28, 2014, and covers…

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air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; electronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; pumps; propulsion and machinery control systems; and totally enclosed lifeboats. DoD is lifting these restrictions to comply with a memorandum of understanding with the U.K. on defense procurement signed in 1975 and most recently renewed in 2004.