Lockmart spends big on PR, all thruout the internet post something about the F-35 and voila instant expert shows up to spin some very good spin. Boeing on the other hand must have insiders in the AF as well as the Navy because there they seem to be winning the ground game.
SecDef Shanahan worked for Boeing for 30 years and now he’s trying to steer everything in DoD their way so he can go back as an even higher-paid executive. He promised to be unbiased, that lasted about 5 minutes.