Programmed to Fail - 6. Innovation
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YF-16 - Is the F-18 Cost Effective?
Ling Tempo Vought took an inferior offer from General Dynamics, pushing Northrop into a deal that made them junior partner to McDonnell Douglas on the Navalized YF-17. LTV submitted a formal protest to the Navy's decision citing congressional language. Will Congress surrender its constitutional prerogatives by permitting the executive agency to act in clear defiance of the law? Milford calls the Navy's actions a rip-off due to the projected $2 billion cost savings by commonality.
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