I would assume that if the Army is negotiating with them to supply our troops with a piece of equipment they is of such a critical nature they have vetted its future very thoroughly.
The concurrent negotiations/commercial customers/"approached by many companies" that AFT alludes to may be one reason the process it taking a while.
Regardless..even if the Army contract were not part of what AFT has described in the December update...
DME is the big money maker for this company, not JP-8 IMHO there are a lot more commercial trucks, ships, agriculture motors to use DME then the Army has to use JP-8..