Lockheed Martin

9888.183 - 9910.374 Ben Gilbert

Because of the tremendous costs involved, this is probably a blueprint for how big, expensive airplanes will be built in the future. For better or for worse, this piecemeal manufacturing approach, rather than the skunkworks way, will characterize large aerospace projects from now on. With many fewer projects, the government will have to spread the workaround across an even broader horizon.