And after pivoting to something other than AWE, you could still face an unexpected influx of orders of Kiwees, with all the technology and production facilities which remain and also, more importantly, a device that works well.
If other small and large effective AWE designs appeared, this would perhaps create a synergy.
We have seen films that were commercial flops and then turned out to be cult films, classics a few years later. Not everything can be explained. There are imponderables.