Hi orda,
What I don't see is a connection between unit sales volume and quoted population numbers. So I cannot extrapolate all the way, say, to an 85,000 unit order - that's a population number and not a request for a proposal.
So I think you are right to be circumspect. But it's definitely some sort of progress to be in the position for some army group to need engineering support. Rather software that needs a bit of work than no software at all.
Under your problem scenario - well, that's what a pilot is for, right.