[Cacophonous]

Well, that's true, but you cannot expect Boeing, or anyone, to forget what they learned conducting the R&D and passing those on to the consumer. That's a benefit of doing business. Unless the Government puts a "Proprietary" stamp on it.

It's not the same thing as subsidization, a guarantee to keep them in business.

[Alberta's Child]

It's not the same thing as subsidization, a guarantee to keep them in business.

Actually, it is. When you start dealing with contracts of that magnitude, what you find is that the government assumes the role of distributing the contracts "fairly" so that all of the different companies in any given industry are kept in business.