'Designing combat aircraft is hard'
But if anyone could fulfil the US DoDs requirements, Lockheeds must be the boys.
Unfortunately, events, circumstances, timing and physics can conspire to defeat the best.
This a/c is not going well at all. It's clear for all to see who wish to.
Maybe they're still sore about pulling the plug on the Avenger? Who knows...
I think the JSF saga will end badly, just a question of when...