Personally I think it is a sad state of affairs when the people tasked to provide independent advice on military procurement are in fact a profit making organisation who will shortly be at the mercy of their shareholders.
Competition between profit-making organsations will however increase the quality of servie provided and ultimately lower the price.
Sad? - depends upon your view of socialism and holding state-owned enterprises - but judging by the complete lack of drive within many organisations owned by ours and other governments, it can only be a good thing.