# Defense Acquisitions: How DOD Acquires Weapon Systems and Recent Efforts to Reform the Process
> **Long Report (Legacy)** · 2014-05-23 · `RL34026`
## Report
- **CRS ID:** RL34026
- **Series:** Long Report (Legacy)
- **Publication date:** 2014-05-23
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