Cost Plus
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
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Cost-plus contracts incentivize defense primes to maximize costs and avoid commercial components
“If the incentive is, no matter what it costs you, I will give you 10% on top of that, that's your profit. Well, 10% of three billion is a much bigger number than 10% of a hundred and fifty million. And so, as a traditional prime, you are deeply incentivized to…”