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I'm not necessarily supportive of the contract or the spending or whatever, but I just want to present a reframing of the costs: imagine it's just 1000 headsets
by wcarss 6y ago
I'm not necessarily supportive of the contract or the spending or whatever, but I just want to present a reframing of the costs: imagine it's just 1000 headsets, but they're so useful they cut $1B/year+ in costs (or allow for $1B/year+ in extra operational capacity) annually for the next 50+ years. This is, allegedly, foundational work on a transformative technology, so maybe that's "the dream".
Now ... is that realistic? haha
- verdverm 6y agoYou're on point, these will save the military more money than they are spending. There are two very key areas off the battlefield, planning and maintenance, where this will save big time on people hours / salary
- fwip 6y agoSo say that they're for planning and maintenance, and we only need 50 thousand headsets. That's $450,000 per headset/person. You'd have to have some pretty amazing efficiency upgrades to save money on salary.