Done in the US

Where AFAIK getting a project to be "Multi-year" especially in defense and space, is a *major* issue.

Weather or not it *actually* saves money is another matter. The US has government con-tractors like Europe hase government con-tractors (quite often the *same* con-tractors) who operate different (but not *very*) different business models.

It's part of the *cost* of being a government con-tractor.

No that hyphen is not necessary. Yes that is *exactly* how I think of them.