Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing
by metaphor on Saturday February 16, 2019 @01:15AM
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The situation is far more complicated than that fancy Propublica piece, color of money being just one:
1. These ships were purchased with RDT&E funds dating back to at least 2017[1 ref. N00024-17-C-6307].
2. The color of training money is O&M.
3. Congress is responsible for appropriating funds.
4. Even if Navy leadership needed to, they couldn't use RDT&E appropriations to fund O&M training; that would be a violation of the Misappropriation Act[2] as codified in 31 USC § 1301.
1. These ships were purchased with RDT&E funds dating back to at least 2017[1 ref. N00024-17-C-6307].
2. The color of training money is O&M.
3. Congress is responsible for appropriating funds.
4. Even if Navy leadership needed to, they couldn't use RDT&E appropriations to fund O&M training; that would be a violation of the Misappropriation Act[2] as codified in 31 USC § 1301.
[1] https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article...
[2] https://www.dau.mil/acquipedia/pages/articledetails.aspx#!29...