Friday, September 14, 2012

Boeing Slams F-35's Delays


Boeing Knocks F-35's 'Delays And Delays' -- Aol Defense

ST. LOUIS: Boeing renewed its campaign to bash Lockheed Martin's F-35 and promote its F-18 fighters today, as the president of Boeing Military Aircraft slammed the Joint Strike Fighter while noting declining defense budgets here and abroad.

"The F-35 continues to delay and delay," Christopher Chadwick told a group of reporters at Boeing's defense headquarters here. "Yes, the F-35 has all-aspect stealth, but that is used in a relatively small part of the combat envelope."

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My Comment:
Lockheed (the main contractor for the F-35) is Boeing's business competitor .... so Boeing (from a business point of view) must be must be smiling. But here is the punchline that must annoy those who support Lockheed and the F-35 .... Boeing is right.

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