[ansgri]

Very clever, I assume it’s far more difficult to game the system unless you control two bidders.

[nraynaud]

No, they just talk to each other and take turns being the lowest one.

I mean how many military equipment companies can you sustain with a country the size of California? Whatever your answer, above a certain pay grade, all employees come from a single engineering school anyways.

[mike50]

France is a large exporter of weapons and aerospace products. Thales and Airbus are essentially based there.