Pentagon Spent $58 Billion on Weaponry It Ended Up Canceling
- Navy SEAL mini-sub, Army radio network among systems cited
- Tally consists of programs in advanced development since 2002
The USS Freedom littoral combat ship.
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The Pentagon has canceled 22 programs in advanced development after spending a combined $58.3 billion on them since 2002, according to the Defense Department’s of its acquisition performance.
Among the weapons scrapped were Boeing Co.’s ground-based vehicle network for the Army, a Northrop Grumman Corp. mini-submarine for Navy SEALs and a chopper from Textron Inc.’s Bell Helicopter unit.