alt Hacker NewsActually these kinds of projects are chronically over budget and the US military is notorious for wasting money.
Using C++ vs wishing an Ada ecosystem into existence may have been one of the few successful cost saving measures.
Keep in mind that these are not normal programmers. They need to have a security clearance and fulfill specific requirements.
They need to have very strict security clearance requirements and maintain them throughout the life of the project or their tenure. People don’t realize this isn’t some little embedded app you throw on an ESP32.
You’ll be interviewed, your family, your neighbors, your school teachers, your past bosses, your cousin once removed, your sheriff, your past lovers, and even your old childhood friends. Your life goes under a microscope.