In their race to field a more powerful automatic rifle, the Marine Corps sidestepped the normal acquisition process and approved a contract to buy them at price tag five times that of the current M4 rifle. The $150 million deal, which may have involved a government employee who recently worked at the foreign arms maker that won the bid, is now under intense scrutiny from Congress — and raises questions about the Corps’ aggressive focus on fielding more lethal gear into troops’ hands as quickly as possible.
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WNU Editor: This is a good post that explains how these decisions are made.
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So cost was expected to be around 30 million. That's peanuts. The CEO of that company and the guy who made the procurement will be dragged in front of congress oversight hearing and be ripped a new one.
Why? Because they are small time players. Congress will go after them to show they're on sh*t. F35 billions and billions overrun? No problem!
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