Originally Posted by
tdracer
I have a couple former co-workers and good friends who were on the Boeing JSF team. When the Lockmart design got chosen, they were aghast because it was so apparent that they'd never be about to build it at the advertised cost. They claimed that the Boeing proposal really was 'designed to cost' while it was readily apparent that the winning bid wasn't - in their words 'they won't be able to build it for twice what they are quoting'.
Which turned out to be a pretty accurate prediction
Well, Boeing shouldnt have designed the X-32 to look so wrong - it was never going to win. Also, given how Boeing eventually won the KC-X contract, a case of the pot calling the kettle black I think.