To give you an idea of the beancounters menality.....Long, long time away in a Galaxy very far away we asked for, and submitted the papers for a replacement UHF radio.
The aircraft was fitted with 1 UHF and 1 VHF.
The "standard" mil radio at that time was an integrated V / UHF box.
They paid good money to remove the VHF element as we hadn't asked for it!