Case Closed, Finally.

The article reports that a dispute between the U.S. Navy and aerospace manufacturers General Dynamics and Boeing over a canceled program to develop the A-12 II aircraft was settled as of January 24, 2014, with the companies paying the U.S. government $400 million. Topics include the background of the dispute beginning in 1991, its consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011, and the costs of years of litigation.