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 Rossmann 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 b

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