Last I heard the Lancer could carry thirty percent more payload with a plane two-thirds the size, twice as fast while attracting half the attention...
[SARCASM] Yup, that's a rotten plane alright [/SARCASM]
The Lancer had a loooooooonnnng developement time because of problems with the swing-wing hinge point. Now that that's been taken care of it should be a great plane.
If you want to discuss HUGE wastes of taxpayer ca$h it's the B-2. Sure it's stealth but it carries less that one-third the payload of a B-52, plus it's slower than a snail-race in december. This means that even though it's harder to detect the enemy has three times the amount of time to do so.