The Pentagon’s Biggest Boondoggles

03-12-2011 • OHN ARQUILLA & FOGELSON-LUBLINER, New York Times

A 2009 GAO study of 96 major defense acquisition programs found that almost two-thirds of them suffered major cost overruns — 40 percent above contract prices, over all — with average delays of nearly two years. Those overruns totaled close to $300 b