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JSF moves away from ‘winner takes all’

This week’s planned announcement selecting either Boeing or Lockheed Martin as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition winner is expected to be rapidly followed by a move to integrate the losing ...
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Boeing’s X-32 was designed to become the F-35 — it was ugly, it couldn’t pass the Marine Corps’ STOVL tests, and Lockheed won

Before the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II became the most-produced stealth fighter in history, it had to beat Boeing's X-32 in the Joint Strike Fighter competition — the most consequential fighter ...