Three letters, my friend...DMO.
An organisation stuffed with bureaucrats of the worst kind, both defence and civilian. Just about everyone I've spoken to who has anything to do with aquisition would cheerfully nuke the place. Save a bunch of money, and might actually get something done.
However with big defence purchases comes politics, and lots of it. With the politics comes meddling and procrastination of the highest order - nothing that would actually help the people who need the gear, mind! If you want to lay the blame for cost overruns, delays etc, at someone's feet, turn to the pollies. And no, you definitely won't see
them getting sacked!
CD-ROMS in Qantas Club, etc
Easy, it was a chick! = too hard!
