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Any military project with a 'J' in the acronym increases the likelihood of the program going over-budget...

• tlrobinson 11y ago
  I was thinking the same thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Strike_Fighter_program#Cost_overruns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Strike_Fighter_program#C... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Tactical_Radio_System#Problems_and_restructuring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Tactical_Radio_System#Pr... Any others?
  • deleted 11y ago
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  • digikata 11y ago
    Off hand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-169_Joint_Common_Missile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-169_Joint_Common_Missile - cancelled https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Air-to-Ground_Missile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Air-to-Ground_Missile - follow on to the JCM (not sure about it's status - they may have gotten the planning right by putting in for a long dev period up front) Really though it's a tongue-in-cheek observation with a basis in the reality that a 'Joint' program implies multiple service branches sourcing requirements. In turn, that increases requirements count and complexity, which in turn has a non-linear and negative effect of program efficiency. It also often moves program decisions from technical tradeoffs made by engineers into political space between branches.
  • gte525u 11y ago
    Joint Cargo Aircraft - awarded then retired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alenia_C-27J_Spartan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alenia_C-27J_Spartan