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Sounds like a good idea. Now convince the Congress Critters to let it happen.

And when we had an issue with the Reduction gear Assembly. We had to contact 2nd Fleet who in turn contacted the Corporation that sent their own Repair team to fix it. We were not to touch anything in that Assembly. Indeed.

Fat chance convincing the conservatives in Congress to have the government take over military weapons building. They have spent an entire 7 decades saying such a thing was not good and that the private sector can do it better. You know I am not wrong about that being the case.

Not really because the US Military does not use standarized parts in machines and vehicles. Shoot even ships of the same class can have literally different brands of equipment installed. Not to mention that the Reduction Gears in most Naval Vessels are leased and not actually owned by the DOD...

Problem with your plan. I actually worked for a Defense Contractor years ago. I can tell you the truth that Defense Contractors inflate the actual costs of equipment by pure fiat. I was in on a meeting when they did just that. So even if they do all you propose. They will still fudge the numbers...

It was extremely Kool and as a result the Bean Counters at the Pentagon decided that the Navy can't have too many kool things so the slashed the numbers.