What he doesn't say, is that Ashton Carter's concept of Defense Acquisition is one step below nationalizing the Defense Industry.
i.e. Fixed Price - Give me this many airplanes at this price on this date. ...oh, and we'll figure the performance requirements out later....
At least Lockheed is fortunate enough to be building small airplanes, rather than 15,000-ton destroyers, for which the Pentagon and Congress are balking at paying.