its the certification that its failing and according to the article: if it does not pass, it will not go into full production. You read it and tell me what you think.
Yep. More coffee.
Certifications have some politics in them, I believe since there is always some corruption if a competitor can influence a certifying entity.
Foreign or domestic.
I could see a post certification failure be reversed if offers come in down the road following good news in actual combat over time.
Thought we might some day be able to restart the F22 but seemed to remember reports that the manufacturing infrastructures eere intentionally displaced permanently. Maybe its entire stock of secrets is now taught in Chinese AF war colleges.