My prediction of how this will end up playing out: We'll waste money on the JSF, but thankfully won't ever put it into a real combat threat. The Defense Dept will pretend everything was a grand success while moving to UCAV's with haste. I think it's clear Navy decision makers came to this view long ago. They tried to pull out of the JSF program but Robert Gates smacked them back in line. Meanwhile they're pushing the X-47 development program as fast as they can.