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>"However, that does not mean that all the drawings/plans/etc for the aircraft are made public." The (US) government actually tried the approach of purchasing
by nickff 5y ago
>"However, that does not mean that all the drawings/plans/etc for the aircraft are made public."
The (US) government actually tried the approach of purchasing a few initial runs and the plans for some missiles, but the results were bad. Initial development costs were high, reliability was low, and manufacturability was poor.
- OkayPhysicist 5y agoHaving private companies control the intellectual property of our defense systems is a disaster that leads to aggressive rent seeking by defense contractors. Now, missile guidance software may not want to be open source, but the navy engineers down at China Lake should definitely have unrestricted ability to read, modify, and reproduce anything developed in their behalf.
- nickff 5y agoI have long thought that missile and aircraft avionics should be made into more of a standardized, modular system (possibly open or government distributed source), for better upgradability and maintainability. I am sure this has been considered, and wonder why it hasn't been done.