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> and perhaps give SpaceX founder Elon Musk a shot at designing an F-35 competitor. This suggests an utter lack of familiarity with the motivations and capabil
by mncharity 6y ago
> and perhaps give SpaceX founder Elon Musk a shot at designing an F-35 competitor.
This suggests an utter lack of familiarity with the motivations and capabilities of Musk and SpaceX. Or perhaps they merely needed some text for the link, even if it was silly text?
- mulmen 6y agoI think if you put "Elon Musk" in double quotes this makes a lot more sense. SpaceX completely changed the launch costs for the Air Force and NASA. It makes sense they would try to replicate that experience elsewhere.
- mncharity 6y agoAh, so "and perhaps give a shot at designing an F-35 competitor to someone like SpaceX founder Elon Musk"... hmm.
- nonesuchluck 6y ago> We don’t know which defense contractor designed and prototyped the new jet, though it's almost certainly one of the big aerospace giants (Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Boeing). Wouldn't it be interesting if this isn't true tho. What if there's some stealthy startup out there trying to SpaceX the rest of the defense industry?
- mulmen 6y agoHonestly I'd be even more surprised if it was one of the established giants because what a turnaround that would be.
- mncharity 6y ago> AII's goals include strengthening the critically important design teams in the defense industrial base and reducing the lead time for future systems.[1] Apropos a 2015 DARPA program leading to flight demonstrators. So acquisition innovation to improve innovation acquisition. [1] https://aviationweek.com/shows-events/afa-air-space-cyber-conference/podcast-whats-next-us-air-forces-next-generation-air https://aviationweek.com/shows-events/afa-air-space-cyber-co...