Looks like another loss for US brain power. Why not have the good old USA being defended and supported by stuff completely engineered, designed and thought of from the brains of it's own citizens. At some point, the best deal for the tax payer may not be the best deal for the long term health of the industrial/defense complex that is vital to our nation's defense.

I wonder what the next administration will buy? A border defense system with sensors made in China and installed by cheap foreign labor.

I hope this jet turns out better than the JPATs deal. Nothing like having a $5mil plus airplane under G restrictions and with all kinds of manuever restrictions due to oil system problems when it is only 7 years old.

I think Airbus Industrie makes a good product. Will it last 50 years? Who knows. Is it supposed to? Probably not. But can it last that long if it has to?