procurement

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Higher spending on weapons procurement, including bombers, ships, missiles, missile defense, and other items should be in the request.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

But in other ways the new ships, ordered by ferries procurement agency CMAL, represent a significant departure in design terms.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

That cascade isn’t in most procurement scenarios I come across.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

They include lobbying reforms, following up on audit recommendations and overhauling the state’s digital infrastructure and its procurement process — services Mahan described as “clunky and cumbersome.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

No sooner had Sherwood Butler, the laboratory’s head of procurement, set the final brick on a new building than his brother, Melvin, set about filling it with new employees.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly