[IAmBroom]

I've worked for military contracts that outlived the time that their officer-in-charge (typically a colonel, trying to get his general's star). That is EXACTLY what they do.

We had a more-or-less don't-care issue, that was a fundamental design choice, flip-flop every two years. It would require redesign of the whole weapon, but at least the colonel could provide a bullet on his CV stating that he improved the program by choosing XYZ (because arguments could be made either way). Meanwhile, our actual problems with the weapon were weight and cost - the flip-flop choice had no real impact on either.