First, a single prototype isn't a mature platform.
Second, what makes drawings suddenly less worthy of compensation than a single prototype? Don't they have value?
Third, it's not like the rules suddenly changed here. He knew the rules going in, and he built something he couldn't sell. That's a failure to find a market. Your idea opens up a scam of building impractical, yet dangerous weapons for government compensation.
Second, what makes drawings suddenly less worthy of compensation than a single prototype? Don't they have value?
Third, it's not like the rules suddenly changed here. He knew the rules going in, and he built something he couldn't sell. That's a failure to find a market. Your idea opens up a scam of building impractical, yet dangerous weapons for government compensation.