Serious Defense Tech, Not-So-Serious Delivery
The Army spent $1 billion and 15 years developing the JLTV to replace the Humvee, then quietly kept buying Humvees anyway. Here's why.
K. BrennanThe Army's Short-Range Air Defense missile program keeps missing its window as threats evolve faster than its targeting logic can keep up.
K. BrennanThe Army's Terrestrial Layer System has burned through a billion dollars trying to jam enemy signals. The problem: nobody can agree on which signals matter most.
K. BrennanThe Virginia-class submarine is the Navy's best underwater platform. So why can't shipyards build them fast enough to keep the fleet from shrinking?
K. BrennanThe Army's Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle is expensive, behind schedule, and solving a problem that the units getting it aren't sure they have.
K. BrennanThe Army's autonomous resupply truck program promises to keep soldiers out of harm's way. So far, it keeps getting stuck in the mud.
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