The tragedy will be the loss of lives of real warfighters while politicians continue to argue for the sake of their own overstuffed pockets.
The process could now continue in one big closed loop. If NG win again then Boeing already know that they can protest and force another round, and if Boeing win next time then NG will surely protest and rely on the precedent already set by Boeing to force another round, and so it goes on. Meanwhile, Paddy McEvaddy will be onto a real winner over the next 10 years; fair play to him.