Lettura molto istruttiva. Il caccia stenta a decollare non solo per i difetti nel funzionamento meccanico e software. Il progetto dipende pesantemente dal software e ogni contractor e subcontractor difende coi denti il proprio codice sorgente dai concorrenti e non lo vuole rilasciare al governo. Non sorprende che il progetto complessivo diventa ingestibile ed i risultati imprevedibili... <http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=2293> When the Pentagon embarked on the acquisition of the F-35 joint strike fighter in 2001, little thought was given to who legally owned the rights to the technical data and intellectual property associated with the aircraft. Fifteen years later, the lack of clear contractual language about ownership of technical data and software code has put the Pentagon in a bind and has limited the government’s options on how to maintain, upgrade and manage the Pentagon’s largest weapons acquisition, according to the officer who runs the F-35 program, Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan [] Bogdan immediately figured out that suppliers would fight fiercely to shield their trade secrets because they did not trust the government and feared that their proprietary data would be shared with other industry competitors.