if you cut corners and make shoddy equipment (allegedly) for our deployed troops

our government REWARDS YOU WITH MORE CONTRACTS. cool, no?
Advocate, watchdog call for Congress to investigate shoddy kevlar in troop helmets
(note: i'm afraid congress DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO INVESTIGATE THIS. THEY ARE FAR TOO BUSY WITH ROGER CLEMONS)

Nick Juliano
A company that allegedly produced sub-standard kevlar for battle helmets used by US troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan continues to receive lucrative government contracts, and Congressional oversight committees need to investigate if the company endangered servicemen and women, veterans' and government ethics activists said Thursday.
Much remains to be learned about whether Sioux Manufacturing cut corners and ignored safety standards outlined in its federal contract to produce the kevlar helmets. ...........
............Also on Thursday, CREW released secret recordings they say back up the assertions from whistleblowers Jeff Kenner and Tamra Elshaug that the company knowingly produced sub-standard kevlar. Both employees say they were fired in November 2005 for raising questions about the kevlar production.
Elshaug said she was harassed by co-workers after questioning company procedures and feared for her safety...........