"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"Merlin" wrote in message
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Why did the Lockheed X-35 beat the Boeing X-32 in the JSF competition ?
Cheaper bid or better systems ?

Simpler design ?


The Boeing was just too ugly to live !

LOL! True enough. And it did not help Boeing much when they had to admit
that the exterior of the X-32 would have to undergo significant redesign to
include a more conventional tail layout, and a redesigned inlet IIRC...

Brooks


Keith