tucumseh,
I for one have no problem with your posts, they are clearly based on a wide experience in very relevant areas and are, therefore, 100% correct. Whilst I myself am not directly associated with the procurement and approval executive I have a close association with those that are. The MOD woes are almost exclusively self-inflicted due to idiotic decisions and policies pushed through against incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. In this respect, the uniformed senior management are by far the worst culprits - inter-service in-fighting is a cancer that has existed for years and until that childish past time is eradicated there will be no improvement whatsoever.
lm