Military procurement in the US is already privatised in everything but name. The brass get a place at the top table in matters of national policy and critical e

Military procurement in the US is already privatised in everything but name. The brass get a place at the top table in matters of national policy and critical event response, but procurement is essentially privatised, with an open door between senior military figures, politicians, senior contractors/consultants, and C-Suite. Boeing is one the poster children for that. Costs would definitely be saved if there were more defence and aerospace bidders and engineering cultures, and Boeing couldn't rely on military pork to keeps its enshitified commercial arm in the air. In fact if I were in some kind of gov procurement position I'd be looking very hard at the quality, costs, and reliability of Boeing's military projects right now.