Saildrone, Blue Water Autonomy Ruling Adds Restrictions to OTA Funding Model - USNI News
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PARIS — An acquisition tool that the Pentagon has recently favored now comes with more strings attached following a late October ruling from a federal judge on a Navy drone boat program. Judge Philip Hadji, who sits on the Federal Court of Claims, asserts the court is a venue to challenge Other Transaction Authorities, providing a check against OTA awards from the Pentagon, according to the Oct. 30 ruling that was unsealed last week. Other transaction authority, an acquisition tool developed during the space race, has been the funding tool of choice for rapid acquisition across the Defense Department. Under

PARIS — An acquisition tool that the Pentagon has recently favored now comes with more strings attached following a late October ruling from a federal judge on a Navy drone boat program. Judge Philip Hadji, who sits on the Federal Court of Claims, asserts the court is a venue to challenge Other Transaction Authorities, providing a check against OTA awards from the Pentagon, according to the Oct. 30 ruling that was unsealed last week. Other transaction authority, an acquisition tool developed during the space race, has been the funding tool of choice for rapid acquisition across the Defense Department. Under

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Source: USNI News · 10 Nov 2026