The Department of Defense’s $2.4 Billion ‘Submarine’ Mistake
Brent Sadler
ByBrent SadlerPublished2 days ago
Deloitte’s $2.4 Billion Contract to Build Submarines Shows How Badly Misaligned Defense Spending Has Become: Once again Congress is in the midst of a budget crisis that could again result in a government shutdown. Almost on cue, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expressing grave concern about how a six-month continuing resolution to keep government funded will affect the military.
The problem for Defense, however, isn’t just the timely allocation of money. In fact, a recent big-ticket contract shows the argument that we lack money for defense is flawed. What we’re missing is not dollars, but smarter federal spending.
Consider the $2.4 billion deal administration inked in July with Deloitte Consulting to boost submarine construction, by an administration that had claimed there isn’t enough money in the budget to fund two needed nuclear attack submarines.
Deloitte will get $2.4 billion over five years to: “… provide labor, materials, and equipment needed to develop and expand the size and capability of the maritime submarine workforce and industrial base and speed the development of improved manufacturing technologies to supply chain.”
https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-u-s-navys-2-4-billion-submarine-mistake/
