Would suck to lose a war because one of the primes couldn’t fly a repair team out. Military procurement gets more insane every time I look at it. My take is that anything used by the military should not only be repairable in field, but also have a completely replaceable supply and production chain – you know, in case the original contractor can’t produce enough, goes bankrupt, or gets blown up.
Seems like Case, Kubota, and the like could take a substantial peice of the market share by pledging not withhold such software.
Would suck to lose a war because one of the primes couldn’t fly a repair team out. Military procurement gets more insane every time I look at it. My take is that anything used by the military should not only be repairable in field, but also have a completely replaceable supply and production chain – you know, in case the original contractor can’t produce enough, goes bankrupt, or gets blown up.