“We have learned a ton of lessons, especially around contracting," said Boeing Defense CEO Ted Cobert. “We’re working together to make sure that anything we do going forward will heighten the probability of getting things done in a timely manner.”
An unknown number of companies are still competing to build the sixth-generation fighter that will be the centerpiece of the Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance family of systems.
After doing some analysis, the idea appears to be “less attractive than we thought it might be," Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told Breaking Defense.
LANCE is the laser weapon system part of the Air Force's SHiELD program.