On 13 Jan, 02:13, Typhoon502 wrote:
On Jan 12, 3:57�*pm, wrote:
""“I’m growing more and more convinced that the Navy variant of the
F-35
might not be worth buying. The program is sliding further and further
to
the right, as costs increase. When we have an 80 percent solution in
active production, and significantly cheaper, the F-35C looks like a
great
candidate for cancellation,” said one congressional aide."
See:
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/01/12/na...amid-jsf-woes/
Would the Navy be better off skipping the F-35, and using upgraded F/
A-18's
until UCAS-D, or some other solution, is ready?
I'd go the other way around, dump the AF version and make the F-35C be
the only non-STOVL option, then put STOVL off until F-35C is up to
speed. But F-35 is probably going to go the way of the F-22 in any
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Just out of interest what are the benefits of the small wing on the A
model over the big wing on the C? (purely an airframe question,
nothing to do with equipment etc)
Guy