sans- You're right because the "real" money and unlimited revenue stream without any expectation of ROI is in DoD where as I pointed out there is NO shortage of US Gov't subsidization aka: Sole source contracts/Single source solicitations
You can't be suggesting that revenue gained, without the need of expending company resources to win the gov't business (because the award was sole-source or single competitor), doesn't get rolled back into commercial endeavors?
Just look at the open "UH-60 checkbook" the gov't has supplied Sik. and tell me that they haven't rolled any of those $$ into other R&D efforts (including civil S-76D, or S-92) ? ..... and I don't criticize them for doing it either. Revenue should be plowed back into R&D.
WE should really watch how self-righteous WE are about this topic.
Competition in DoD is really a UNICORN. Frequently discussed, but rarely seen......