RPAS (was JUSTAS): the project to buy armed Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAVs

[ytz]

Do you see an urgency in the halls of DND now as in a fill yer boots like a Pirate because things may dry up soon?

Doesn't and can't work like that.

 

[Good2Golf]

Doesn't and can't work like that.

…or at least ‘shouldn’t’…

 

[Cloud Cover]

I can think of several government procurement projects that were well underway and then shot in a dark parking lot like a raccoon at Borden.

 

[dapaterson]

I can think of several government procurement projects that were well underway and then shot in a dark parking lot like a raccoon at Borden.

Which needs to be done more often.

DND is addicted to the sunk cost fallacy.

 

[ytz]

The good thing is that there's more scope to accelerate projects now. More money to finish infrastructure faster. More points to bidders who can deliver earlier. Etc. Cumulatively that can speed up things substantially on a given project.

 

[DBNSG]

The good thing is that there's more scope to accelerate projects now. More money to finish infrastructure faster. More points to bidders who can deliver earlier. Etc. Cumulatively that can speed up things substantially on a given project.

Is there enough qualified folks to help things along?

 

[FJAG]

DND is addicted to the sunk cost fallacy.

That's a particular biproduct of a system that lives off of taxpayer money. In private industry, for the most part, the rule is to cut your losses rather than throwing good money after bad.