Let's just hope between the white house, the pentagon and NAVAIR all the folks grow a spine and say "no" to adding gold plated stuff this time.
I do imagine there will be increased capabilites between the 3 lots, hopefully not in the ridiculous range again (like the 2 safes)
No I'm not surprised by the winner, but then again projects everywhere are usually heavily influenced by the "buy here" "build here" politics. Even an Alabama built 'bus is a 'bus. I'm a honda car buyer, and most my hondas have been designed in the USA and have been built in Ohio, but it's still a Japanese make. I'm not saying it is right- but "made here" and brand nationality has a good deal of influence- and not just in the USA. The queen rides in a Bently or a Rolls, POTUS in a caddy, French PM in a variety of French cars, German PM in what? You guessed it a Benz....