(sic)As it stands now Lockheed has sold the Pentagon a pile of garbage and the Navy will not have a viable next generation aircraft and will have to start over from scratch. (sic)
Having dealt with government contract work I would say most likely that should read, "The Navy's specifications and constant scope changes have resulted in massive cost overruns and delays resulting in systems that will not meet the envisioned requirements but being built to the letter of the specs"
Most engineering firms are good at designing to a clients spec. The problem is when the client says we want this, only change this, well change this as well, no we really don't want that, why didn't you follow our spec (you directed us to deviate from the spec) why aren't you done yet, why did it cost so much..........
