U.S. can't afford a 'perfect plane,' DOD official says.
NO PERFECT PLANE: Money isn't necessarily the answer to avoiding aircraft design problems like the "wing drop" the U.S. Navy is wrestling with on its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, a DOD official says. "There's not enough money in the entire United States to build a perfect plane," he tells reporters.
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