Does this firm have any reasonable cash flow other than from government military contracting?
If not, taxpayers are paying for those dudes to puff their chests on the public dollar.
Shouldn't they be made to reimburse the government for the money spent on that non-major bowl thing? Don't taxpayers deserve that?
This is not Boeing with substantial civilian income streams; where even Boeing is not into retail, but with its civilian cash flow from equally large bargaining adversaries, the airlines; who have Airbus to keep the field sort-of level; duopoly vs monopoly.
Praise Boeing and Lockheed-Martin, for restraint with the public's dollars.