Lawsuits gone wild!

John Smith writes:

I am trying to figure out why we are willing to purchase either of two
30+ year old airframe designs to provide our air force with its needs in
the future.

Airplanes are not computers. Thirty-year-old designs can still be perfectly
suited to a task. You don't have to design a brand-new aircraft for every
bid, and in fact it's not a very good idea to do so.