Best way to show it's not all talk is to install catapults on those new carriers you keep talking about building. I think that's the only way you'll wake up the... crap, I'm not sure who!

I can't tell if it's the Administration or Congress calling for restrictions on technology. I do know this is the wackiest way to run a program I've ever seen. Investing doesn't get you a guaranteed workshare, or, if you get a contract your country may still have restricted access.

It's nuts! If stealth/AESA radar/passive sensors are that important then why open the program up at all? Just build it using Amercian companies! Offer the airframe/engine combo up for export and let the rest of the world integrate their systems. Hell, it'd probably be a better/cheaper version than the US model while only marginally less stealthy.