> ... a broken contract award process, and decisions makers who don't understand IT.
Those two lines pretty much nail the issue at hand. Not only for IT but for other aspects of Governance as well.
Those two lines pretty much nail the issue at hand. Not only for IT but for other aspects of Governance as well.
I'm not sure how to solve that problem but it's clearly an issue.
And for whatever reason, the military seems to have a very short memory when it comes to major weapon system procurement failures. "Hmm, the V-22 went over budget, killed a good number of people, has higher maintenance needs and operating costs than we anticipated because of the USMC's requirements. I know, why don't we tie the entire future of our combat airpower to the JSF and hamstring that project with the needs of the USMC..."
Long story short, the space constraints of operating from an amphibious carrier forced design compromises on the V-22 that significantly worsened that program. Now with the JSF, the same thing is happening with the VSTOL variant that the USMC wants.