That’s going to cost them.
It would if I were one of the retirees who was likely forced out.
I would want payment in advance and a huge bonus to start.
I wasn't forced out, just given incredibly boring work, though raises kept up with inflation. I took retirement (I was hoping for a buy-out) and worked as as a contractor for the Air Force, then got a call from a job shop to work at MIT/Lincoln Lab, then went to a job fair at BAE and took an offer with a big raise, now I'm back at Lincoln. I saved 300k cash in the five years since I left, and maxed out my 401k all five years. Very unlikely that anything could make me go back.
Another indication of a forward-thinking Pentagon.