"John Cook" wrote in message
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There is where you go wrong--accepting the GAO report at face value.
Don't
you know they have a well known reputation for shading things in the
direction they want, or just plain ol' incompetency in some cases? What
they
are describing is the spiral development program that the USAF has
already
articulated--nothing new about it, and nothing shocking.

OK don't like the GAO? ..... fine! How about Lockheed or the
USAF who have a IPT team to find the obsolete items, and find Form Fit
and Function replacements using 'commercial products' where they can
(Note the COTS reference).

COTS is no longer optional, as it is the only game in town. Any reference
to mil-spec components is a reference to an obsolete basis.