Don't get me started on the F-35. Our alleged government recently committed another $12.5 billion to that corpse of a project while simultaneously pushing massive cuts to public health under the auspices of a "budget emergency". I was going to add a link to Gary Brecher's excellent take-down, then I remembered who I was talking to.
Ha. But see how the mere mention of Skunk Works had you pining for a fusion reactor, despite the fact that the one time SW built anything other than a plane it was resoundingly rejected and despite the fact that fusion has been 10 years from breakeven since 1969? Ahhh, the power of myth.
Well it's going to be cracked eventually. I'd be more confident putting my money on a cashed up American company to crack it than I would on a European agency.