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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Have to agree. *******
Based upon what I saw over almost 30 years, I think that the miltiary RDT&E community needs to be torn down and rebuilt from the bottom up.
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I don't think anybody has to look much further than combat soldier's comments on the ACU to support the contention that NATICK is broken. Nor does anyone have to look much further than Congress to see it will probably never get fixed. COTS is ALWAYS more responsive and less expensive when it comes to individual soldier support. Gov't labs should stick to products that have no commercial equivalent and therefore cannot be researched and developed economically by private industry e.g. planes, tanks, warships and their support structure. Body armor "might" be in a gray area with overlap. So why isn't there an objective standard with independant testing and everything that passes the standards is allowed? One size does not fit all and economics is a piss poor reason to force soldiers to put square pegs in round holes. FYI - USASOC has a list of accepted IBA that includes more than just the Interceptor. My .02 - Peregrino