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And Lockheed still has to clean up the F-35 fighter mess with cost overruns, cancelled orders, spies taking terabytes of data, and retrofitting already-delivere
by eggy 11y ago
And Lockheed still has to clean up the F-35 fighter mess with cost overruns, cancelled orders, spies taking terabytes of data, and retrofitting already-delivered planes. Not to mention, suspicious accounting of the amount of indirect jobs it supposedly created, and ever-increasing costs as other countries bail or lower their order numbers.
It is the most expensive weapons system purchase to date.
- secfirstmd 11y agoI'm always curious how much of a "covert" budget for the next stealth or other projects, can be hidden in something as big as the F35 program.
- DigitalJack 11y agoThat's an interesting point. I could only hope that it is actually true, and that the F35 is more subterfuge than boondoggle.
- kuschku 11y agoWith the cost overrun of the F35 Project, though, one could probably finance a whole Stargate program, spaceships included.
- robbiemitchell 11y agoAssuming there aren't similar cost overruns...
- Teever 11y agoI've wondered the same. I'm quite curious when they'll unveil an unmanned F-35. I also wonder just how much of the technology and the pace of development we're seeing from SpaceX hasn't originated from the military themselves.
- eggy 11y agoYou need a human, not to fly it right now, but somebody has to reboot the software in flight ;) [1] [1] http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/f-35-radar-system-has-bug-that-requires-hard-reboot-in-flight/
- Gravityloss 11y agoI've heard that would be illegal