You are assuming competence. Never assume competence. I think there is an overwhelming chance all that money ends up in the pocket of a couple of contractors who get to design some bullshit weapon/surveillance system that you'll find out 15 years later doesn't even work but now because the program is out of funds they hastily put something together that "kind of works" but doesn't actually so it is of no threat or consequence.

Sorry didn't mean to write out the entirety of the US defense industry of the past 2-3 decades.