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erronis

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9. I imagine that Boeing and other established airplane manufacturers priced themselves out.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:23 PM

Jul 7

When only a few companies compete for certain very expensive products, they rarely decrease their prices on a bid in order to win the contract. If they do, then other buyers that have already paid for a similar product will feel gypped (and rightfully so.)

Lockheed-Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, Airbus and just a few others had a monopoly, especially to western governments. I'll make an informed guess that there was a lot of collusion at the higher levels of these companies (also sharing of executives.)

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