In fairness, that's six years fewer than the crooks behind WDRP's (in)famous water heater have been pretending it's been in the process of being developed.
And WDRP aren't even a Government agency.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
Upton Sinclair
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."