Of course serious1...
I've been saying all along the defense dept is very polite to potential suppliers... many of them are taxpayers. They even invited GlobeTel to this after they showed up for an unveiling of the Strat, which ended up in parts, unfinished, sitting on a stand instead of even floating.
Since the HotZone couldn't even complete all the tests, inviting them back was the right thing to do, our military is a first class organization.
But I'm so glad this report came out. It shows the truth to all those who thought these tests were actually a huge success for the product. Hotzone was not able to pass all the tests like other products and while a third of the products were named "Most Promising Technologies" HotZone wasn't.
Sure there is some flowery language in the report, they didn't say anything was bad... you know it doesn't work that way. Like I said the military can be very polite.
The bottom line is, they did not consider HotZone one of the more "PROMISING TECHNOLOGIES"
And they're not going to award a contract for a product that isn't and couldn't pass all the tests!