At the start of this topsy-turvy F1 season, Fisichella was widely perceived to be wanly winding down his career at Force India, who were not expected to renew his contract for 2010.
With wars winding down, the argument that the radios will save lives has less force, and the military will need to spend a lot of money up front before it can reap the savings from discarding dozens of legacy radio types.