The system had the potential to include real-time risk analysis that could trigger the request of a PIN for a transaction that falls outside of normal parameters.
But the Pentagon is a planning machine, so the Defense Department last year came up with a military analysis of a ground option should the president request it.
When Grant Thornton is asked to submit a request for quotation, they now do a company-company relationship analysis to see who they know at the prospect and how well they know them.
The Navy says it released a fresh "Request for Information for the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Options" in February 2010 and is now in the "Analysis of Alternatives, " or AoA, phase before formal bidding opens.