Well, at least you’re admitting you’re biased
To clarify, AARDVARK isn’t a government entity. They simply specialize in providing non-lethal gear, etc to law enforcement and military that enables them to be more effective and safe.
Also, the thing that peeked interest of the military is the fact that many seals and rangers were acquiring hecs suits on their own personal dime and continued to push for them, the military, to start providing this for them because of how effective it was for them in the field. They listened.
Again, I think this should carry a bit more weight than either of our assumptions.