JF Mezei wrote on Mon, 22 Apr 2019
20:11:07 -0400:

On 2019-04-10 12:08, Jeff Findley wrote:

In general, SLS is a cost plus contract. $2+ billion a year. They all
get paid regardless if it ever flies or not.

So they can theoretically extend development of SLS by 25 years and
their costs+ get paid every year despite having no deliverables ?


Of course. The bulk of the profit is generally in the hardware, but
if the government wants to continue the program they need to pay all
the fixed and RDT&E costs.


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"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
-- Charles Pinckney