The Army may be wasting billions on high-tech goggles soldiers don’t even want

Ultimately these self-licking ice cream cones don’t get a real evaluation. Lobbyists get NDAA language inserted that requires these studies or programs and the equipment gets funded regardless of the benefit. The same is true for underperforming or obsolete legacy programs that continue siphoning funds away from the Department’s true needs.

Command rarely listens to the user and that wastes lots of money

I remember in the early 80's the military took troops that had been in the army 3 or more years and used them them to provide feedback on effectiveness, ease of use, is it really necessary, and recommendations that make improvements all in the prototype phase. This lead to the communications equipment fielded on the battlefield today. As the groundwork on what is needed came from the users of the system and it evolved from there. Testing of prototypes needs to be done by the actual future users. Then recommendations can happen prior to fully fielding. This used to be done by troops for basic items such as boots at Aberdeen proving ground. Thanks for the share MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.