David Archibald, Daily Caller: American Gripen: The Solution To The F-35 Nightmare
One thing that has helped keep the F-35 program going is a perception that there is no ‘Plane B.’ As Margaret Thatcher famously said,“There is no alternative.” No matter how bad the F-35 is, it is going to be built because the U.S. Air Force needs something to replace its worn-out fighters. That appears to be the fallback position in Lockheed Martin’s marketing plan for the F-35. The Department of Defence though is fully aware of the extraordinary cost of the F-35 relative to its performance and is looking to scale back its procurement. That could result in a death spiral as falling numbers send unit costs through the roof.
This figure shows U.S. Air Force fighter and light bomber procurement from 1975 with a projection to 2030:
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WNU Editor: Too much money, reputations, and careers are dependent on the F-35 .... there is going to be no shift in buying another fighter jet .... especially one with a Swedish background. In the meantime, the problems with the F-35 continues .... DoD Weapons Tester Concerned about F-35 Software Development (Defense News).
7 comments:
WNU Editor,
Cost figures for the US Military Procurement of the F-35 are highly dependent on Foreign Sales to "subsidize" the price and costs.
The delays in the F-35 program is causing other countries to re-evaluate their programs, Canada, Israel, Austrailia, and other countries to invest in upgrades and rebuy's for their current fleets, money that was "earmarked" for F-35 buy's.
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The Argentina's air force was trying
To buy gripen fighters jet's but the UK blocked the transaction .
And now look like they may get a deal with China .
It seems like maybe the Chinese government wants to take over that market .
The Chinese have always been on the Argentina's side with regards of the fokland islands argument.
It's 20 JF-17's with no co-production agreement, to replace 21 Mirages, 8 Canbarra's, 39 IDAI Daggars, 14 Super Entenards,
And back up 22 A-4 "Fighting Hawks".
Maybe the Chinese should give j10 for free so the empire gets conserns .
Wouldn't help. For every Gen 4 fighter you can operate, maintain, arm and sortie, cost wise, you can run 3.1 Gen 3 or 6.7 Century Series.,
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