And this rolling goat f**k of a procurement process sums up our country totally.
Millions of office weenies with shiny arses and huge salaries meddling in the process from day one....
here's how you do it.
1. work out what you want. - This means I want an interceptor, multirole, aircraft carrier, nuclear powered shoe shiner etc
2. Tell the engineers and designers to leave a bit of space, capability etc for future upgrades and improvements
3. let the build it
4. give them money, take the keys and drive it away.
30% deposit.
20% on reciept
25% on commisioning
15% on final handover post snag fixes
10% at contracted point after all targets met
Then give a bonus if warranted - industry std
and to all those who say it cannot be done - balls. Just because "we have always done it this way" is your mantra doesn't mean it has to stay that way.
Also - stop making new technology backwards compatible - it is cheaper to upgrade the old to the new or start again than make 21st century widgits talk to stuff from the 50's