Lockheed, Raytheon Teams Face Off

The Raytheon-Boeing team fires its first Joint Air-to-Ground Missile
during a self-funded April 2010 test at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

The concept of "jointness" has become a well-worn military buzzword. At times there seem to be more joints in the defense establishment than at a reunion of hippies in Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco.

The joints in question in this case of course refer to multi-service projects that are often billed as ways to save money and enhance...