I worked in the department of defense 20 years ago and I can tell you for sure that for every news article that describes a government contract where the contra

I worked in the department of defense 20 years ago and I can tell you for sure that for every news article that describes a government contract where the contractor got paid and delivered nothing, there are ten more that you don't hear about because management or even whole organizations buried them out of embarrassment and/or CYA.