Top Weapons Buyer Disputes P-8 Testing Woes
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/01/28/dods-top-weapons-buyer-disputes-p-8-audit/
Top Weapons Buyer Disputes P-8 Testing Woes
By Brendan McGarry Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 2:37 pm
Posted in Naval, Policy
Gilmore, the Pentagons director of operational testing and evaluation, in a report expected to be released Wednesday, found the aircraft is not effective for the mission of hunting submarines or performing reconnaissance over large areas due to a number of major deficiencies, Speier said. So tell me why the department decided to go into full-rate production anyway, she said, referring to the Pentagons Jan. 3 authorization to increase production of the aircraft.
unhappycamper comment: Let's do some math:
$35 billion dollars / 122 aircraft = $348,780,000 per aircraft
The undersecretary of defense for acquisition said this is a relatively successful program". At $350 million dollars each, I'd expect the fucking thing to work as advertised.