Martin stole my point regarding interoperability. It has to be driven by the customer, and industry will respond. Obviously, we don't have broad options in many of the systems today. When you go down the path in avionics interoperability, way early on you decide what standard you will adapt to or you will follow in order to reach as many customers as possible. Since technology now is changing so quickly, you want to pick the right one. That's based on the marketing study that's done years before the product is first designed, and it's based on who the clients are and what the clients, the customers, the military customers, wish to achieve in terms of interoperability of weapon systems, not only between air and ground but also between air and naval assets.
On March 22nd, 2018. See this statement in context.