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Chaillan compares it to Lego , the modular building block toy . “ The next generation jet fighters will be a mix of different ‘ Lego ’ blocks and reusing existing ‘ Lego ’ blocks so we don ’ t have to create everything from scratch . It ’ s still very early on , but this approach to software might be the difference between winning and losing . And you are going to save time and money , or you do more right with the same amount of money , which is likely even better .” It will also allow vulnerabilities in the security of particular components to be isolated and fixed , in line with Chaillan ’ s zero trust policy . “ Security is really foundational to the success of all of this because if you move fast but the next day your source code is in the hands of the wrong people you didn ’ t really move fast at all . You just give free IP to your potential competitor or enemy .”
Design systems As anyone who has mugged up on the history of Lego knows , the toy owes its original success to a design system that allowed