I don't know if one could say a failure of the Systems Engineering process. One could also say it is a situation where management, regulatory and market constra

I don't know if one could say a failure of the Systems Engineering process. One could also say it is a situation where management, regulatory and market constraints became so unwieldy that there was simply no way Systems Engineering could possibly satisfy the requirements. Sure, it's a failure to push back again this but that seems a bit different.