It contains some very significant pieces of info. After investing over $1 Billion in equipment in the effective Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP)/MultiCam since 2010, the Army should be happy to pay Crye Precision a fair and reasonable fee in order to negotiate a cost savings over the next decade or more.Įarly this morning I received the following information in an email from Caleb Crye. I remain incensed that no one in the US Government can seem to pick up a pencil and paper and work out the math on this. Hopefully, the Army and Crye can work this out. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that the Army’s actions suggest they don’t seem to be negotiating in good faith. But based on what I’ve read from Crye, a new picture begins to take focus and I am beginning to feel that the Army and Crye Precision aren’t really in negotiations at all. From the Army’s standpoint, it seems that Crye Precision is asking for the moon. In the process, we begin to see a distorted view of what is going on. Sources leak confidential info to the press. Crumbs of information appear here and there. Unfortunately, the Army has abandoned its own plan and along with it the transparency that Phase IV of the Camouflage Improvement Effort once enjoyed. While no one in the US Army has made an official statement on the current state of the effort, it has definitely gone way off schedule and seems to have lost its focus. Heretofore, Crye Precision has been very tight lipped about everything Army camouflage related and my questions have been met with a pat, “we can’t talk about that.” After reading that story, Crye Precision contacted me and said that they were considering providing SSD with some information that would clarify their position on the matter. Recently, Soldier Systems Daily published a story detailing the three latest courses of action that the Army is considering to adopt a new camouflage pattern.

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