I doubt this is possible. Every item that goes up is assembled and signed off piecemeal so every bit of hardware will be checked by multiple eyes. The buyer will have people on site checking this. From a software perspective, things are a little more uncertain but the workflows are tightly locked down. It would be extremely difficult to get anything shipped which isn't known about by everyone. Even attempting this is illogical.
I agree with the assertion that this is to secure a better deal.
(I wrote software to manage assembly and versioning of components on space and military equipment).
I agree with the assertion that this is to secure a better deal.
(I wrote software to manage assembly and versioning of components on space and military equipment).