The Merlin in the UK was delivered five years late and 1.6 billion
pounds over budget, and Lockheed Martin was the systems integrator.
If we're to believe recent news, the F-22 and JSF are way, way, way
over budget with no end in sight. Oh, the phrase "cost overrun" was
actually coined for a Lockheed program -- the C-5 Galaxy.

The USA "distraction" questions whether it is wise to move some of the
most highly secure work long done by specially cleared US citizens to
Italy and the UK.

Sikorsky has delivered Black Hawks to the US miltary on schedule and in
budget for successive multi-year contracts. Lockheed Martin has not
designed and built a helicopter since the Cheyenne in 1969.

If choosing Lockheed Martin is the military voting with their feet,
they're going to need time to get their feet out of their mouths.

HW