Why is Common Sense so Hard to Find in the US Military?

I have been stunned recently while reading about how the US military is running its procurement programs. Here is an example:

The SCTV vs the JLTV
The SCTV was a great idea put forward by the marine corps. The idea was to take the current fleet of HMMWVs and upgrade them to have better engines, better armor, better IED protection and to essentially fulfill all requirements that the DOD put forward for the JLTV. However recently the program was cancelled. The excuse that was given was budget constraints. The odd thing is the SCTV program was cheaper than the JLTV. So if budget constraints are so bad why would they cancel the cheaper project? Like I said a startling lack of common sense.

JLTV






SCTV