10-02-2018, 12:40 AM
(10-01-2018, 10:23 AM)Benton Wrote: They'll sink another billion or so into it, but this is what bugs me. It's the business model. They'll drag this out and wring as much cash out of it as possible, overnight fix all the bugs and six months later, they'll start on the next thing that'll cost tax payers obscene amounts of money.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, when the government grants a contract it should be in the contract that if the company goes over budget or is late then the company eats the cost of being over budget and pays a penalty if it is late. Doesn't matter if its paper clips or aircraft carriers.
The only exception would be if the government changes the specifications of the project. For example, the Acme plane company gets a contract to build a new fighter that can go mach 2, carry 20000lbs of ordinance, with a range of 1500 miles. Half way through development the government decides the plane needs to go mach 2.5, carry 30000lbs, with a 2000mile range. Then and only then would they get extra time and money.
