Fewer competitors in aircraft, radar, and missile development

The F-35 competition came down to two serious teams, Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Raytheon's broad radar and weapons portfolio provides another example of the concentration of design work. The F-22 radar's joint development with Northrop Grumman qualifies the claim that US radar work had become concentrated in one company. The weapons listed include Standard Missile, Maverick, HARM, the Advanced Cruise Missile, Joint Standoff Weapon, Sparrow, Sidewinder, Phoenix, Tomahawk, TOW, Stinger, Paveway, Javelin, Hawk, Patriot, Sea Sparrow, and Enhanced Sea Sparrow. They include historical systems as well as more recent products and illustrate the breadth of the portfolio. The concern is dependence on one supplier across many programmes, even when its staff are skilled and dedicated.