We need a new plane, we just need a reasonable one. The F22 and F35 are specifically what I have in mind, along with the Zumwalt destroyers when talking about our obscene procurement. In a post cold war environment, there is no opposing force or time constraints forcing us to be efficient and we are producing bloated wish list programs that are absurd.
The F117 was one of the most game changing programs of all time and a super small production run, and the unit cost was 40 million bucks. With R&D, about 100 million, or 1/3 or the F22. That's ludicrous.