Pentagon contractors want to blow up military right to repair

Here is a 178-word summary of the news article: Pentagon contractors are attempting to undermine a proposed right-to-repair provision in the annual defense policy bill. This provision would allow the military to fix its own equipment and require contractors to provide the necessary repair information. However, contractors represented by trade groups like the NDIA and AIA are lobbying to replace the right-to-repair language with a "data-as-a-service" model. This would force the Department of Defense to pay for access to equipment repair data, potentially protecting the contractors' intellectual property. The Trump administration and some lawmakers, including Senators Warren and Sheehy, have expressed support for right-to-repair policies for military equipment. But influential representatives like Rogers and Smith, who have received significant campaign contributions from the defense industry, are pushing for the data-as-a-service approach instead. With the final version of the defense bill expected next week, the fate of the right-to-repair provision remains uncertain as contractors seek to maintain control over repair information.