This article reads like Lockheed Martin has realized they have created enormous enmity against themselves & want to sound like they are singing a new tune.
But still expect to forever keep control by licensing out subscriptions to the technology they are paid to develop.
It's unclear to me what control they really intend to give up. They can give up ("merge") some data with Northrop Grumman, but are they actually allowing outside powers control over the systems? This feels like an operation to try to maintain some status quo by having nice koombaya words while not changing the actual sharing of power.
But still expect to forever keep control by licensing out subscriptions to the technology they are paid to develop.
It's unclear to me what control they really intend to give up. They can give up ("merge") some data with Northrop Grumman, but are they actually allowing outside powers control over the systems? This feels like an operation to try to maintain some status quo by having nice koombaya words while not changing the actual sharing of power.