It's agree it's probably suboptimal, but I don't think anyone's going to be willing to front the cash for development of a new airframe specifically for militar

It's agree it's probably suboptimal, but I don't think anyone's going to be willing to front the cash for development of a new airframe specifically for military/government use. The advantage of the airliner route is you have at least some revenue stream to fall back on if the military decides it doesn't want the new shiny or a court/congressional committee decides the military went about choosing the new shiny the wrong way, which happens often. It's just a ton of financial risk. I guess the new supersonic startups like Boom think they bring enough novelty to the market to justify that risk.