Next-gen fighters are moving in the direction of quadruple-gold-plating
"In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one tactical aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3½ days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day."
but Law Number XI might apply to this audience the best:
"If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could be made to rotate twenty times as fast, everyone else would get twice as much done since all the managers would fly off."
x: http://aviationweek.com/defense/next-100-years-norm-augustin... (paywall)