
Programmed to Fail - 6. Innovation
Acquisition Talk
The Navy's Derivative Design Challenge
Congress wanted the Navy to select a derivative of the Air Force's winner, still undecided at the time. The $20 million provided to the Navy by Congress was then fenced off for the contractor who won the Air Force competition. But Navy participants did not feel that they had a voice at the Source Selection Board which determined the joint service aircraft.
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