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Ignore the X-32's big mouth: The JSF pick was really about networks

Was the Joint Strike Fighter program a jet choice or doctrine choice and have the airframe choose the jet? The defeat of the Boeing X-32 to what was later to become the F-35 is usually seen as loss of ...
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The Boeing X-32 Stealth Fighter’s Flight to Failure

Key Points and Summary - Boeing's X-32 lost the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) contract to Lockheed's X-35 (the future F-35) due to "fatal design compromises" driven by an overemphasis on "affordability." ...