I have absolutely no "inside info", but the NI cRIO solution makes so much sense, and boy is
this thing sweet!
Now it makes sense why NI included the full-license version of LabView in the KOP this year. They weren't just hoping you would use it for the Dashboard and Robot Modeling Kit - they were prepping us for the future!
And, if they were to provide these units, it would be a pretty good bet that FIRST students going out into industry would take this "industry-ready" NI technology right along with them.