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the idea is to get you a buck for your bang.

Re-read my #9. That's what I said. I would expect to make money. Good money. And uphold the flag. The $5k I was talking about was begin-to-put-it-together money. To field something like this, you would need several million. Intel would be the largest cost. Transport and outfitting is pretty cheap, probably less than $3M. Intel, on the other hand, would cost quite a bit.

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Re-read my #9. That's what I said. I would expect to make money. Good money. And uphold the flag. The $5k I was talking about was begin-to-put-it-together money. To field something like this, you would need several million. Intel would be the largest cost. Transport and outfitting is pretty cheap, probably less than $3M. Intel, on the other hand, would cost quite a bit.

Clause 5 proposes that "the Department of Defense provide registered contractors with such armaments, equipment, logistical support, and intelligence as the contractors shall reasonably require; and may provide such discrete transportation and assistance in the prosecution of these contracts as the Department of Defense shall deem appropriate", obviously within the limit of their capabilities (after a team is moved into its chosen staging position... Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, etc., they're on their own, in-and-out) That's if you are willing to use US Government product. Anything more exotic or independent would be the contractor's investment.

Under this rule, much intel would become available to the contractors. Not all, but a fair amount.