Serious Defense Tech, Not-So-Serious Delivery
The 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.
K. BrennanThe Navy spent $5 billion building the Zumwalt destroyer around a revolutionary gun system, then canceled the ammo because each round cost $1 million.
K. BrennanThe Army's OMFV program promises a tank that drives itself or with a crew. After years of restarts, it still can't commit to either.
K. BrennanThe Army's TITAN intelligence ground station promises battlefield clarity from space. So why is it still drowning in data it can't use?
K. BrennanThe Space Force has spent billions on GPS III satellites, but military positioning accuracy still lags behind what your phone does for free.
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