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Who said it was made of titanium?
by craftyguy 8y ago
Who said it was made of titanium?
- Green_man 8y agoI had thought that fighter jets used more specific aluminum alloys than titanium, but I found this on the f-35 specifically (Bruce Tanner is Lockheed Martin's CFO): "Tanner says Lockheed uses more aluminum than steel on its aircraft projects, which in addition to the F-35, include the C-130 cargo plane, and F-16 fighter. And the F-35 uses more titanium than aluminum and steel, he said. " https://www.defenseone.com/business/2018/03/how-much-do-americas-arms-makers-depend-foreign-metal-no-one-seems-know/146579/ https://www.defenseone.com/business/2018/03/how-much-do-amer...