Let’s do a little bit of government application development math, shall we?
The $600+ billion being spoken of is just the contract for the (Canadian) firm that developed the site. Once you add in all the GS15 and SES members of various working groups, plus high dollar PMO contractors, plus really high dollar contactor consultants/SMEs from places like MITRE, plus IVV, plus all the gvt and IT technical folks (things like oversight/coordination, release management, etc) the price tag is a LOT higher.
I’d say 2.5x higher, minimum. So more like $1.6 billion.
Great points! Once you add in all the government oversight and their multiple awards to outside ‘experts’, the cost is far far higher. More than an F35 program, a Marine 1 or similar defense contracts. What until the year over year costs start coming in...for upgrades, maintenance, etc.