True but we’re talking about US Navy Research, not the federal government. Our military research is awesome!
Used ta B.
Before the NSF and its running off the rails into the Social "Sciences" weeds, the DoD used to support all sorts of University Departments with contracts (Basic research and Applied) (and Labs full of equipment with brass DoD inventory tags...).
A friend of mine had a bumper sticker one time that read:
"Navy Nukes Are Built Better Than Jane Fonda."