We paid billions for military equipment that still doesn’t work right.

[longknife]

On JLTV, "the Army and Marine Corps recently concluded operational testing for JLTV and found the vehicles to be survivable for the crew and effective for small combat and transport missions," the GAO report

Although operational, the F-35 still has all sorts of problems.


Rounds for th 155mm deck guns on the 3 Zumwalt destroyers cost $800k each.

For the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus air refueling tanker, one of several problems Air Force program officials discovered in development is that "the aerial refueling operator's screen does not provide sufficient visual sharpness and adaptation to changing background and lighting to allow for safe refueling in all environmental conditions," the report said.

Contracts not being met and far too many let to but 5 contractors.


More of this @ Major Problems Persist With JLTV, Zumwalt Destroyer, GAO Finds

 

[Likkmee]

I made $1600 ea for the daisy stickers. Pretty neato eh ?

 

[Old Man Grumbles]

Not surprising. This is something that goes back to Eisenhower's warning about a military-industrial complex.

 

[whitehall]

Where do civilians find this stuff, Russian/CNN? They would have been locked up by the FBI during WW2 if they spread this propaganda spin. Is it Wikileaks or other leakers out to discredit the greatest fighting machine in history?