What happens when you have industry jump thru hoops to provide a product that is so evolutionary that it touches on being revolutionary.
What happens when a couple of those companies (Lockheed Martin-LAND SYSTEMS! and BAE-Iveco Defense) go above and beyond and provide vehicles that I'm told exceed standards, yet we still kill the program only to breath life into it a few months later?
Well, if I was part of BAE or LM I'd be a bit pissed (less LM than BAE).
The USMC has created a problem because of all the waffling with this project.
Design teams are disbanded, workers have been assigned to different projects and perhaps more importantly, the contractors don't necessarily believe that you're going to do what you say you're going to do.
Lets hope that industry is quick and nimble and able to get this done.
I wouldn't hold my breath though. Once bitten (and industry has been bitten) twice shy.
