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The armed forces training people to go into private versions is nothing new. The difference here —that you don't see in military engineering or mercenary work—
by oliwarner 8y ago
The armed forces training people to go into private versions is nothing new. The difference here —that you don't see in military engineering or mercenary work— is the USAF can control both supply of and demand for developers on its internal projects and undercut contractors.
And if they have transferable skills on exit, all the better for them.
- jrochkind1 8y agoWhy couldn't they do the same with any other kind of military contracting?
- oliwarner 8y agoThe cost to get up and running. You're taking hundreds of millions in capital expenditure for an engineering R&D lab. Double that if you want to actually produce something. Compared to a pile of consultants, laptops and whiteboards. Software is cheap to make.