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aka just about every government project ever. Or at least in the last forty years.
by hugh3 15y ago
aka just about every government project ever.
Or at least in the last forty years.
- zeemonkee 15y agoGood example of when governments got the job done (P51 Mustang): https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/North_America... First prototype completed 100 days after the contract signed. In contrast it took decades to build the Eurofighter. Granted a more complex aircraft, but they didn't have CAD back then either.
- bdunbar 15y agoMustang vs Eurofighter isn't really a fair comparison in a number of ways. The most important, I think, is that Mustang wasn't a government project, but one designed and built by a private company to meet an existing wartime need. Eurofighter by contrast was a government job start to finish, built by three companies in three countries. Starting with a DNA like that delays and cost overruns are baked into the process.