Come About

An acquaintance of mine has lent me a book about the development of stealth technology at Lockheed. He's a naval veteran of submarine tending. It's an interesting read but goes over a lot of old ground. I'm sure not up to speed in these regards going forward, merely aware from a distance of such as the build up of the Chinese navy.

Kelly Johnson was the chief designer at the Skunk Works from prior to WW II until he handed over those responsibilities to the author of the book noted. A lot of it is a paean to him from his protégé and does present a business management model for those in production.

One of his directives was: "Starve before doing business with the damned Navy. They don't know what in hell they want and will drive you up a wall before the break either your heart or a more exposed part of your anatomy."

Sub tender says it's because what's wanted doesn't exist yet.