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Thornton: Cost-plus contracts incentivized the defense industrial base to rot out
“The way I think about it, the defense industrial base has rotted out so bad. I mean, you think about the incentive structures for the last three decades. If you're Lockheed, and I'm your supplier, and you're out in cost plus, you're incentivized to have me cha…”
Continuing Resolutions Protect Defense Incumbents While Freezing Out New Startups
“Incumbents have their programs continuing to be funded, right? And so the, you know, Lockheed, Raytheon, et cetera, Northrop's, you know, might not be experiencing as much growth as usual, but, you know, they're, you know, they're generally, you know, continui…”
Hays: Back young dropouts but give them experienced industry chaperones
“Find the balance of it, right? So, but, so bet on the kid, bet on the dropout, but go get them somebody from Lockheed Martin to be their chaperone.”
Coogan: Rheinmetall is now roughly the size of Lockheed and General Dynamics
“Ryan Mittal's been on an absolute tear. They're now basically the same size as Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics.”