A robot was on fire. Again. It was the summer of 2024, and the cutting-edge robots inside General Dynamics’ sweltering artillery factory near Dallas were catching fire with startling regularity, according to four former workers there. This wasn’t ideal, as the plant was supposed to be churning out urgently needed artillery shells for Ukraine. The robots, giant metal arms with clamps for hands…
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And it helps reinforce the message to other suppliers that they need to be providing more realistic promises for lower prices. The biggest source of waste in the government is contracting (and corruption, but thise tend to go hand in hand)