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Oh look! Weapons' bay doors that work!

It's an aerodynamic/weight representation of the VLO gun-pod. The real thing is some years off. There are also other ideas about what to do with a VLO pod on that hardpoint. Probably an EW suite eventually.

F-35B finally does the jump... https://vimeo.com/lmaeronautics/review/131439135/07c088ad82

Bare in mind that a good-many variables exist in determining JSF costs. Examples include: including/excluding engine-costs, including/excluding development-costs, including/excluding inflation-metrics, and including/excluding maintenance/upgrade/modification costs. This leaves a great deal of...

I'm not seeing were they get off acting so butthurt. They were never more than a backup, and a fly-off vs a functional Ebit/Rockwell HMCS would be a complete waste of money. In the event, they still received plenty of government funding for development they can now leverage into other...

Re: ADA LCA Tejas Mark-II 1. About 1/4 of external fuel is lost to drag alone, and it's even worse for the Shornet due to toe-out of external stores (a cheap fix for an early design error). Sorry, but the F-35 still has it beat range-wise for all practical purposes. 2. Again, tanks can...

Re: ADA LCA Tejas Mark-II Sorry bub, it's not that simple. Also, where did I indicate I was comparing internal-fuel capabilities, and what difference does that make? Realize that the F-35 can also carry new area-ruled bags for even more reach than a SH with bugger-all fuel hanging cocked...

Well, strictly speaking, this means that IOC will be 4 years late instead of 6, with fewer aircraft and fewer capabilities. It might also mean that the USAF is worried about Lockheed's ability to deliver the full software package by 2018. In which case, it would be better to just declare the...

Re: ADA LCA Tejas Mark-II Nope. Pretty sure I emphasized combat radius, but suit yourself. It won't make the Shornet's legs in actual combat any longer.

Good link, but wrong thread methinks.

Re: ADA LCA Tejas Mark-II You must live in an alternate reality Prada. A simple wiki search turns up the SH combat radius as 390 nm. At ~600 nm, the F-35C has that beat by a fair margin and still isn't considered "long range." The USN will have to wait until UCLASS reaches service before it...

It should probably read "Second F-35 for Israel..." seeing as the Dutch will probably bail and sell the things to a buyer that's in more of a rush.

Wrong. The program went to shit because of bureaucratic bozos like the DOT&E. The more these idiots can be shut out of a program, the smoother it goes. Dr. Gilmore is organizational empire builder (along with many others) who is only interested in marking his territory on a widely publicized...

Ah yes. Surprise, surprise... the government-funded testers want to do more testing and have written a report to make themselves seem as important as possible. Interesting how almost every major weapons program has gone to sh!t since the DOT&E was created in 1983. That organization =...

Actually, it's "Winslow Wheeler Edits and Releases Old Report." The guy is a well known *old-granny* who would have the Infantry using crossbows if he got his way and once made a career complaining about every major weapons program until his big mouth finally got his ass fired from the GAO. So...

Pratt Rules Out Worst-Case Cause For F-35 Blade Crack

JSF Findings Expected This Week | Defense News | defensenews.com

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The B-1R concept has been dead for years (not sure if it was ever taken seriously) as is the FB-22/FB-23 idea; and the CUDA is still just a notional in-house project for Lockheed (no sign of an actual program yet). No sense in counting our chickens before they hatch. For now, there are more...

A new weapon in the works? Details emerge about Lockheed's Cuda missile