Ben Rich , Kelly’s successor, also though the military gave out contracts to less good aircraft/companies due to how much other work they had. For example Lockh

Ben Rich , Kelly’s successor, also though the military gave out contracts to less good aircraft/companies due to how much other work they had. For example Lockheed got the F-117 but didn’t get the order for the follow up large bomber. That went to their competitor because they hadn’t had a contract in years and might be going out of business. See Lockheed’s SENIOR PEG here https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/lockheeds-senior-peg-the-forgotten-stealth-bomber-1534057907 https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/lockheeds-senior-peg-the-f... Interesting idea to have a larger force of cheaper planes rather than the small group of super expensive B-2s that the US got.