For those of you using CA Harvest Software Change Manager, it has it's origins with Hughes Aircraft and the software written for the F-15.<p>It was sold commercially as CCC/Harvest by Softool Corp starting in the late 1970's. Looks like Broadcom is the newest owner. It's still being used - the last time I encountered it was in 2009 at a large bank.
The "Dissent and Decision" section is fun. Reads very much as a battle over egos and personalities rather than the technical merits of a particular aircraft.
The F15-EX has been in the news recently. Interesting comparison and contrast with F35:<p><a href="https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/buying-just-80-f-15exs-makes-no-sense" rel="nofollow">https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/buying-just-80-f-15exs...</a>
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the competing designs to the McDonnell Douglas design before. Were these public at the time like with later aircraft competitions? I’m thinking of the YF-17, YF-23 and X-32.
Megaprojects just did an episode on the F15: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgI7jDd7hww">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgI7jDd7hww</a>
> OSD, however, refused to tolerate this kind of intransigence and in May 1966 McNamara ordered a joint review of the commonality issue. Conducted over the next 18 months,
the review confirmed that the needs of the Air Force and Navy could not be met by a single airframe. The two services argued that attempts to merge their requirements would produce, at exorbitant cost, a grotesque mutation with increased weight, and reduced performance.<p>The truth of this is again illustrated by the Joint Strike Fighter F-35 with its massive cost overruns and its reduced performance.