This is part of it, yes. The MOD and others have an incredible filing system that hasn't changed in about 40 years. In essence, it comprises generating an absur

This is part of it, yes. The MOD and others have an incredible filing system that hasn't changed in about 40 years. In essence, it comprises generating an absurd amount of hard-copy documentation for everything (buying a new LED for a fast jet, for instance, is probably 80 pages all said and done), filing that documentation (every department and even hangar have their own way of filing documentation), storing that filed documentation, and then 40 years later destroying that filed documentation without anyone having ever looked at it. It boils down to "cover your ass".