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The last ATACMS was made 30 years ago.
by 1992spacemovie 2y ago
The last ATACMS was made 30 years ago.
- sharpshadow 2y agoThat’s not correct. https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/mfc/documents/business-area-landing/mfc-Fast-Facts-ATACMS.pdf https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/m...
- gessha 2y ago> 65 designated as small businesses I find it amusing Lockheed Martin cares about small business arms component suppliers
- llamaimperative 2y agoI figure that’s because you’re unaware of how ludicrously complex and distributed the arms manufacturing industry is? Lockheed et al are primarily systems integrators. They have sprawling networks of vendors that they’re orchestrating to produce “their” weapon systems.
- popcalc 2y agoMost of those small businesses are owned by the sons and daughters of major family-owned contractors so they can get the designations. It's a farce.
- 1992spacemovie 2y agoThe same kind of stuff happened during the Iraq war - makes the normal person feel like the regular Joe or Jane is getting a piece of the action. But in reality they just let you get a pass through %. That movie War Dogs, while comical and inaccurate about a number of points, kinda was spot on about that one.
- kube-system 2y agoIt is not about “caring” it is about legal requirements. The government sometimes requires procurement from small business. e.g. https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-19#FAR_Subpart_19_2 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-19#FAR_Subpart_19_2
- 1992spacemovie 2y agoSorry, the ATACMS design is 30 years old I should have said.