literally everything the government contracts out is a scam. nuts and bolts costing 20x the actual cost. I understand paying slightly more to ensure the quality will all be up to spec and be reliable. But mfers make bank off scamming them because once the budget is approved they just go hog wild and milk every single dime. And it doesn't matter too, they can go over budget and now sunken cost fallacy kicks in and they know they'll approve more and more. I mean shit the so called defense budget increases in the billions every budget.