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[sevenhelmet]

What did you mean by that comment then?

So you can render a snappy and cutting value judgment? No thanks.

I'm not playing that game. If my original comment isn't clear enough for you, move on.

 

[Gatordev]

I remember when we had actual flying demonstrators that competed for the JSF contract… maybe I’m just old and jaded, but that was a lot more concrete and interesting than whatever smoke and mirrors this is.

I'm trying to understand how the government awards a contract for something that doesn't exist. That really is bizarre.

I'm trying to think of another example. Even for simulators, they already existed, it was just a contract for someone to upgrade them.

 

[sevenhelmet]

I'm trying to understand how the government awards a contract for something that doesn't exist. That really is bizarre.

I'm trying to think of another example. Even for simulators, they already existed, it was just a contract for someone to upgrade them.

Thank you for understanding my point.

"CCA" is another one- so many different and variable specs come out in the public eye that it's mind-boggling. As an industry insider, the mixed messages have frustrated attempts to understand & deliver what the USG wants. The short answer is USG doesn't know what it wants (aside from a Porsche at Kia prices). That theme of uncertainty has played out on numerous programs since I first joined the test community in 2012, including "successful" ones that were delivered.

That theme is a major part of why I moved on from government business- it's too fraught with strategic uncertainty and politics to be satisfying. There's a lot to unpack there, but real leadership seems sparse- everyone is just vying for position, like a bunch of kids at a middle school dance.