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Make modularity economically attractive to industry

THE CHALLENGE

Procurement models often reward vertically integrated solutions and vendor lock-in. Contracts should instead reward open interfaces, replaceable components, portable data, reusable services, and documented architectures.

PROPOSED ACTION

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RESPONSIBLE STAKEHOLDERS

National defence procurement agencies

TIMELINE

Standard clauses within 6 months; pilot awards within 12 months

TARGET

At least five relevant awards use the clauses. Each includes a tested data export and API, plus at least one separately competed module or work package.