Defense procurement has been made a captive function of our for profit defense corporations- and has morphed into BUDGET procurement. Only "procuring" the budget really matters, not the physical qualities of that which was theoretically to be procured.
A defense "lobbyist" SHOULD be called a "procurer". And have all the respect this ancient calling has earned in the public mind.
US Navy gives up the ghost on its failed ‘urban street fighter’
Defense procurement has been made a captive function of our for profit defense corporations- and has morphed into BUDGET procurement. Only "procuring" the budget really matters, not the physical qualities of that which was theoretically to be procured.
A defense "lobbyist" SHOULD be called a "procurer". And have all the respect this ancient calling has earned in the public mind.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procuring_(prostitution)