Right to repair: Why the US military can't fix much of its own equipment

FrankWilhoit

Time was, suppliers were so eager to sell anything to the DOD, on any terms, that they would turn their entire business models inside out just to get Federal contracts. The idea of said suppliers having any leverage, of any kind, in contract negotiations would have been completely absurd. Has that really changed?

fithisux

That is how empires fail.

Saris

Why would the military sign any agreement along these lines? It seems the polar opposite of what they would want.