Ok folks, you're going to want to sit down for this one. We have our first details on the trio of contractors that are participating in the BMDCS competition.As expected the 3 bidders are all relatively large companies with some history building combat systems. Apparently they all had a hand in the development of SHIELD. I'm sure they're all ready to tout their history building combat systems like that makes them qualified. Keep in mind Russia also has a history building communism, America has a history of building democracy on foreign soil, and Microsoft has a history of building operating systems. I have a cousin with a history of cooking chestnuts after Christmas dinner, and every year he ends up with burnt thumbs.
Experience is not to be confused with competence.
In this case we have 3 companies each with their own special trait that makes them woefully unqualified to deliver on this contract. For example, you have one company that couldn't engineer an Radar if they had Skolnik himself on the team. There's another company that thinks they know System design but are in for a rude awakening if they don't correct their reputation. The third musketeer essentially learned all the lessons of "The Mythical Man Month" the hard way and delivered disappointing Mission Software.
All this information comes straight from our source very close to the Department of the TDC. It concerns me knowing that I may have such a close connection to such an evil establishment, but if that's the sacrifice I must make, so be it.
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Hold on people. If we start jumping to conclusions about how the DTDC always goes with inadequate contractors, we will find ourselves ignoring one crucial contractor. The SHIELD contract was a complete failure, but had one bright side. Roomva systems delivered a high quality remote multi-mission vehicle at an extremely low cost. Sources close to the contractor indicate that they only worked 2 hours a week, and that the system actually teleported through the water and scanned the whole area without ever turning. That's the high level systems engineering I like in my government.
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