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To: Max2.0 who wrote (23637)	12/17/2025 1:56:29 PM
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Re: These contractors are often late and over budget on these projects. One of the biggest reasons why this happens is that the Pentagon continually tinkers with the specs, requiring the projects to be repeatedly re-engineered. Most recently, this was a factor in the Constellation class frigates being cancelled. defensenews.com Possible that beginning from an existing design was a mistake? The Navy wanted modifications, but those modifications required further modifications, which in turn required additional modifications. In some ways similar to the issues with the 737 Max, a retrofit to an existing design that (among other things) shifted the flight balance on the air frame making it prone to pitching up.