I miss the old days in the 60's when Lockheed would produce a mach-3 capable spy plane in a few short months. Now they're pulling a BMW and selling subscription services for heated seats.
I just don't understand why or how we as a society think it's a great idea to let defense contractors behave as if it's a public corporation that needs to increase revenue every quarter. That to me is a huge national security risk - your top weapons manufacturer bases its decisions off how much money it could make versus how it would affect defense readiness....and ex-military turned lobbyists (or board members) see nothing wrong with that.
> When it does work, it works great.
That, unfortunately, does not currently apply the Lockheed dog though..