My son is a Bradley Master Gunner.
He had me watch a movie called “The Pentagon Wars” - a dramatization of the development of the Bradley.
I had suspicion that the development/procurement process was a f*cked up mess, but it’s a lot worse than that.
Booz, Alexander and Hamilton have many on the grease. they have offices near every military Fort, Base, Station, etc. They even have smaller companies do bidding for them.