When procurement analysis substitutes for funded choices

Was the government's repeated study of uncrewed vessels a case of analysis paralysis?

It was closer to delay caused by unfunded choices: the government could pay for studies but not procurement.

Repeated studies can resemble analysis paralysis, but the diagnosis here is lack of funding. Officials can afford to examine concepts while lacking the money to order a system or settle its fleet role. Analysis then demonstrates activity while postponing a choice that cannot yet be financed. The distinction matters when judging announcements about large uncrewed vessels and the hybrid navy.