In the present administration, commanders have to watch what they say.
Son "Ace" and I used to watch them test the Ospreys from Quantico at our home airport at Manassas, VA. They would shoot instrument approaches and switch from airplane to rotary operation in the process. We fell in love with them!
All I’m saying is that you cannot depend on the Program of Record manager, or the primary OT&E agency to give a valid unbiased assessment of the weapons system, UNLESS it is rigorously compliant with the PERFORMANCE based specifications of the end-user. This is not always what happens because of rice-bowls, sustainment of infrastructure and the like.