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This is the F-22 replacement. It's one of the highest priority projects within the AF at the moment. Tens of thousands of people are working on this. The F-35
by jasonwatkinspdx 6y ago
This is the F-22 replacement. It's one of the highest priority projects within the AF at the moment. Tens of thousands of people are working on this.
The F-35 was a misconceived project and burned money and time in its early stages. It's been beaten back into shape today however, largely because Ash Carter switched Lockhead from a cost plus contract to one where they have the lion's share of any non trivial cost overruns moving forward. How shocking that suddenly LM got the marginal cost to build a new F-35 under 90 million as a result.