Re: Navy to cut Greedy Lead Contractors off from the pork barrel?

On Apr 30, 8:26 am, Henry J Cobb <h...@xxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2717728&C=america
> Major U.S. defense behemoths like Boeing and Lockheed Martin likely
> will avoid a significant financial blow if the Pentagon and other
> federal agencies alter - or abandon - the lead systems integrator
> (LSI) construct for managing complex defense programs, several Wall
> Street analysts say.
...
> The LSI framework has been questioned for years but began to take
> verbal fire on April 2, when Navy Secretary Donald Winter lambasted
> his contractors, saying the sea service should manage its warship
> programs directly. A week later, Winter axed the contract for one of
> Lockheed's two LCS hulls, a move aimed at punishing the company for
> being behind schedule and over budget.

Won't the GLCs simply run to Congress to get this fixed?

-HJC

Depends on how many Congressional districts are involved. If the lead
guy is the only one cut off, only Chicago and Bethesda suffer.

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