...Lockheed loan, Admiral Hyman Rickover offered the following opinion : "... Large defense contractors can let costs come out where they will, and count on getting relief from the Department of Defense through changes and claims, relaxation' of Procurement regulations and...

...fair or whether it is higher than it should be; whether delivery is on time or late. Shipbuilders can let costs come out where they will and count on getting...regulations and laws, government loans, follow-on sole-source contracts, and other escape mechanisms. It necessarily follows that there is considerable...

...practices, or economy in their operations. Shipbuilders can let costs come out where they will. They can count on getting relief through changes and claims,...sole source contracts ; and other escape mechanisms. Inefficiency and waste in shipbuilding is a natural result of all these practices. But must they continue...

...Lockheed loan, Admiral Hyman Rickover offered the following opinion : "... Large defense «tractors can let costs come out where they will, and count on getting relief from the Department of Defense through changes and claims, relaxation of fToenrement regulations and...

...transcends all else. Today, •any top shipyard managers find that it is more profitable to let costs cone out where they will, and count on getting relief through...other escape mechanisms. As a result, shipbuilding has beccne largely a financial game. 6. Regarding Ihe Deputy Secretary of Defense's question whether the...

...achievement of profit objectives transcends all else. Today, many top shipyard managers find that it is mare profitable to let costs come out where they will,...regulations and laws; Government loans; follow-on sole1 source contracts; and other escape mechanisms. As a result, shipbuilding has became largely a...

...whether delivery is on lime or lale. Shipbuilders ran let costs come out where they will and counl on getting relief through changes and claims, relaxation...regulations and laws, government loans, follow-on sole-source contracts, and other esr.ipe mechanisms. It necessarily follows that there is considerable...

...Department of Defense is dependent on these contractors. Knowing this, large defense contractors can let costs come out where they will, and count on getting relief from the Department of Defense through changes and claims, relaxations of procurement regulations and...

...delivery is on time or late. Shipbuilders can let costs come out where they will and count on gettinjr relief through changes and claims, relaxation of procurement...regulations and laws. Government loans, follow-on sole-source contracts, and other escape mechanisms. It necessarily follows that there is considerable...