tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post4262289375290757960..comments2024-03-27T08:39:28.807-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: The U.S. Military Keeps Getting Worse At Procuring Major Weapons SystemsAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-6433804984907603052021-04-04T13:53:18.718-06:002021-04-04T13:53:18.718-06:00We just need a good war.
Look at the development h...We just need a good war.<br />Look at the development history of the P-51.Dave Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355264650239868491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-90109393043213639152021-04-04T08:02:19.022-06:002021-04-04T08:02:19.022-06:00And next comment...
Does anyone have access to si...And next comment...<br /><br />Does anyone have access to similar graph for the rest of the world? Is it DoD? Is it Western? Is it everyone?<br /><br />A possible strategy might be: If you are real-real rich the best strategy might be to drive the cost of armaments as high as possible so that only a limited number of potential opponents can reach near-peer level. But watch out for game changing technological advances!<br /><br />Cheers,<br />GuyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789570230699865921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-60580452317359710132021-04-02T10:32:22.753-06:002021-04-02T10:32:22.753-06:00Hum... Part of the issue is difficulty of negotiat...Hum... Part of the issue is difficulty of negotiating the procurement regulations and getting Congress on board. I'm pretty sure from personal experience as military Comm engineer that it's impossible to be fully compliant with procurement regulations. Luckily for the projects that don't attract Congressional or IG scrutiny most everyone is happy with best effort.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Guy<br /><br />PS. I was working B-52 at Boeing for the $640 toilet seat fiasco. I don't think any of the accounts that I have read match the story we heard internally. Essentially the AF ordered a bunch stuff on an end-of-FY purchase order. One the items was high cost (an engine?) and the rest were low value. Then we applied the contractual mark up (20%?), took the profit and divided it by the number of items, and applied that cost to each item. All as called out by the pertinent procurement regulations. Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789570230699865921noreply@blogger.com