“Contractors love it, they just keep sending those invoices.”
No we don’t. Maybe our book keepers do but the engineers and mangers hate getting jerked around and then blamed for lack of performance.
Nice try. I’ve been in the biz for 35 years, seen it all.
The major defense contractor in the U.S. operates this way as a matter of business policy. Been there, seen that.
Not blaming them. The government creates the situation, and the business would be doing themselves a disservice if they didn’t act that way.
But it’s not in the interest of either mission success or the taxpayer.