Thought I would add this in here....
Quote:
MILITARY PARACHUTES:
Observations on Army and Marine Corps Acquisition Programs
GAO-20-524: Published: Jul 16, 2020. Publicly Released: Jul 16, 2020.
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Overall the GAO seems to be positive on the system procurements and programs noting the ability to leverage COTS with minor modification.
It's interesting that they toss in a $150M price tag for replacing "aging" systems. In the grand scheme of military hardware acquisition does that number even make the pie chart?
Link to the full GAO report is
HERE