Besides, most of this is non-secret. They're dealing with the same issues with ordinary consumer goods that everyone else is.
The problem is they’re saying “we don’t trust the military with our secrets.”
I’ve seen this attitude at many firms. Keep things so secret even the clients/regulators don’t know what’s going on.
There’s a huge cultural lack of openness, which strongly contrasts with our history of free inquiry.
It is of critical National Security importance
I totally get it but those two concepts are at odds. I would not hold my breath, especially at this time given the current state of the world. I say this as someone that has tried many times to make small changes in the military when tensions were much lower.