F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

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Every average american can't tolerate when the US products quality is doubtfull.
And you are one of these american.
Our great "friend" uncle Sam gave us 2nd or 3rd rank quality T/R modules.... probably an error. An intentional error.
Probably we gave you what you could afford. Don’t blame others for having the least advanced Air Force in the entire western hemisphere made of obsolete 4th Gen fighters.
 

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Probably we gave you what you could afford. Don’t blame others for having the least advanced Air Force in the entire western hemisphere made of obsolete 4th Gen fighters.
LOL.
We just need some of your tankers to operate on every battle field.
You always try to mystify your friends. Next one is Australia with the so costly SSN.
I remember when some found the 12 french SSK costly. See the bill for 8 SSN, in maybe 20+ years.
 

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The LM never ending story.... :clap2:

Jackson’s squadron is testing a suite of hardware and software improvements, known as Technology Refresh 3, or TR-3, that will be the backbone for Block 4—the Pentagon’s effort to equip the F-35 for fights in the decades to come. New F-35s are being produced with TR-3 gear—but the Pentagon has stopped accepting them until the hardware can reliably run the current TR-2 software, a spokesman for the F-35 joint program office said.
 

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The LM never ending story.... :clap2:

Jackson’s squadron is testing a suite of hardware and software improvements, known as Technology Refresh 3, or TR-3, that will be the backbone for Block 4—the Pentagon’s effort to equip the F-35 for fights in the decades to come. New F-35s are being produced with TR-3 gear—but the Pentagon has stopped accepting them until the hardware can reliably run the current TR-2 software, a spokesman for the F-35 joint program office said.
Cutting edge technology like F-35 has flaws and takes time to build glitch free. That’s why making Rafale doesn’t take much time.
 

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Raytheon to build 408 AIM-9X Block II infrared-guided air-to-air missiles for U.S. Navy, Air Force, allies | Military Aerospace

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – U.S. Navy aerial warfare experts are asking Raytheon Technologies Corp. to build 408 AIM-9X precision short-range infrared-guided air-to-air missiles for jet fighters and other combat aircraft under terms of a $317.4 million contract announced in December.

Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., are asking the Raytheon Missiles & Defense segment in Tucson, Ariz., to build lot 23 AIM-9X block II and block II-plus air-to-air missiles.

These anti-aircraft missiles are for the U.S. Air Force, Army, and foreign allies.

The order is for AIM-9X Block II and II-plus tactical missiles; captive air training missiles; missile containers; spare advanced optical target detectors; spare advanced optical target detector containers; guidance units; propulsion steering sections; guidance unit containers; spare block ii captive air training missile guidance units; tail caps; tail cap containers; tactical sectionalization kits; electrical units; dummy air test missiles; support equipment; general-purpose controllers; and non-recurring engineering.

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The AIM-9X is an infrared-guided heat-seeking missile that equips most jet fighters, fighter-bombers, and other offensive combat aircraft in the U.S. arsenal, and is for shooting down enemy aircraft close-by. The AIM-9X works by homing in on an enemy aircraft's hot engine exhaust. Variants of the AIM-9 Sidewinder have been deployed since the 1950s.

The AIM-9X is among the latest versions of the AIM-9 missile family. It entered service in 2003 on the Navy F/A-18C Hornet fighter-bomber and on the U.S. Air Force F-15C jet fighter. It has an imaging infrared focal plane array seeker with 90-degree off-boresight capability for accuracy.

The missile is compatible with helmet-mounted displays such as the U.S. Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System, and features 3-D thrust-vectoring control for increased turn capability. The AIM-9X also includes an internal cooling system.

This contract involves the latest versions of the AIM-9X, called the AIM-9X Block II and AIM-9X Block II-plus. This newest version has lock-on after launch capability for use with the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter and the F-22 Raptor advanced tactical fighter.

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The AIM-9X Block II-plus features specialized external materials to enhance aircraft survivability for the F-35. Until another version of the AIM-9X is developed that will fit inside the F-35's enclosed weapons bay, the AIM-9X Block II-plus has stealthy coatings and structures to help reduce the missile's radar cross-section when the F-35 carries these missiles externally.

On this contract Raytheon will do the work in Tucson, Ariz; North Logan, Utah; Linthicum Heights, Md.; Minneapolis; Murrieta, Calif.; Saint Albans, Vt.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Warrington, Pa., and other U.S. locations, and should be finished by August 2026.
 

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