They repeatedly test the technology, and thoroughly, before commiting themselves to buying...
Once convinced they need it, the military will pass it on to their procurement division, which will haggle the price all the way to bits and pieces, unless its a "de facto" required piece of equipment they cannot do without (in today's warfare, not tommorrows..)in the current state of affairs.
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