Final Source
The Brass is doing what they typically do for a major weapons contract - choose a single vendor. This is a competitive bidding process before the award and some might invited to a second round. Almost all modern weapons contracts go through this. Apparently the Brass wants to handle this as if it was a weapons contract with a winner take-all outcome.
If you are going play the game you need to learn the rules.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
