The downfall was a few years ago when the initial plan of just having the military buy Edison without it being run through a normal FDA testing program got bloc

The downfall was a few years ago when the initial plan of just having the military buy Edison without it being run through a normal FDA testing program got blocked. If they had managed to avoid this they would have made out like bandits (well military contractors). As for the WSJ there are a lot of waring parties trying to defraud military - the established big contractors don’t really want new competitors stepping on their turf.