[ClearCase_guy]

In March, the Air Force had terminated a fixed-price contract for the system with Computer Sciences after paying the Falls Church, Virginia-based company $527 million, according to the service.

Fixed price contract.
For $527 million.

And the Air Force lost $1 billion on this package.

Pretty much tells you everything you need to know about how broken our acquisition system is.

[driftdiver]

The Air Force acquisition program is EXCEPTIONALLY broken.

I don’t even bother writing proposals for the air force or DOD anymore.