Speed of design of airplanes.

"Smartace11" wrote in message
...
was "Get
it done, and in our hands ASAP" with most other considerations
secondary-- would we see a dramatic improvemetn, or just a fwe months
shaved off here and there.

It would be produced in 10% of the time with 90% of the
quality/reliability.
(And at 25% to 50% of the cost. All that oversight is expensive.)



What is the source of your data. The AF has been trying to calculate
those
costs for years to convince Congress to back away a little.

A comparison of what has been done at places like the Skunk Works
(SR-71) and comparable places, and what has been done by
companies on their own dime (F-20); vs standard military
contracts.

Nothing the Air Force comes up with will convince Congress
to back away. That would mean no more "fact finding" junkets,
no more high visibility televised committee hearings, no more
getting their asses kissed by the contractors, and no more
being able to steer contracts to their home districts.

Tony