I remember watching a documentary about the competition between Boeing and Lockheed and they didn't really say that the Boeing design was better but that the Lockheed design was going to be very, very complicated - and it really looked like they were retrofitting an existing jet fighter design to fit the requirements of the contract versus Boeing coming in with a more from the ground up futuristic design
again - not saying Boeing was better, just that Lockheed provided the most technically challenging and complex design.
I was in a class with some Boeing people when the announcement was made. 2 of them picked up their stuff and left. They knew they didn't have a job at the end of the day.
Last edited by KFWA; 04/15/15.
