of course.
The incumbents plan to add their Swiss cheese to the defence of the BIOS. And doubtless they will use their relationships to impose their solutions on the market before anyone gets to wonder if an alternative is preferable.
The big question: is this adequate to the needs of the DoD? And anyone else that has data which has some value?
The DoD has done enough to know the difference between software and hardware solutions. So no excuses. Time to execute.