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Originally Posted by
rh200 
Has anyone done any sort of statistics on historical fighter R&D and roll outs, accidents, cost overruns, time over runs. Would be a good comparison. As long as its done on a relative term.
To be fair I don't think it would be possible 'relatively'. The multi-role, multi-service demands on this contract would make it impossible to compare it with any other programs. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't fare well regardless though..."
Try "The Cutting Edge" by Lorell & Levaux published by RAND in 1998
has data on 223 programs and 300+ aircraft versions