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The $10B number seems funny. Government procurement contracts and projects routinely overrun their budgets and schedules by a factor of 2 or more (something so
by tynpeddler 8y ago
The $10B number seems funny. Government procurement contracts and projects routinely overrun their budgets and schedules by a factor of 2 or more (something software developers should be familiar with). I wouldn't be surprised if the winner of this contract got considerably more than $10B from this contract alone.
- Someone1234 8y agoIt is a $1B/year contract for 10 years, but the DoD has a number of early-outs if costs overrun or the vendor under-performs.
- degenerate 8y agoWhere are the details of this? I'd like to give it a read, thanks.
- Someone1234 8y agoIn the article this thread is about.