"Military contractors are trying to thwart a widely-supported right-to-repair provision in the annual defense policy bill - and their efforts may pay off. A source familiar with the negotiations tells The Verge that there are significant concerns that the bill's right-to-repair language will be replaced by a "data-as-a-service" model, potentially requiring the Department of Defense to pay for access to equipment repair information."
"The move, which right-to-repair advocate and YouTuber Louis Rossman also highlighted last week, would go against the Trump administration's stance on access to repair materials. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in May that he wants to build right-to-repair provisions in contracts with military equipment manufacturers, something the Army and Navy have both expressed support for. Language from Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tim Sheehy (R-MT) Warrior Right to Repair Act even made it into the Pentagon's annual policy bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDA"
Military contractors are pushing to alter a right-to-repair provision in the annual defense policy bill by shifting repair access to a paid "data-as-a-service" model that could force the Department of Defense to purchase equipment repair information. The proposed shift would conflict with earlier positions favoring broader repair access, including statements by the Secretary of Defense supporting right-to-repair provisions in military contracts and expressions of support from the Army and Navy. Right-to-repair advocates and bipartisan legislative language supporting a Warrior Right to Repair Act have been part of the policy debate.
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