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The savings are due to the production scale and expected operation time. F-35 is so cheap (amortized) because it is a) bought by everyone and their mother, b) e
by H8crilA 3y ago
The savings are due to the production scale and expected operation time. F-35 is so cheap (amortized) because it is a) bought by everyone and their mother, b) expected to operate for many, many decades.
- tapland 3y agoI think that's one of the reasons the newer Gripen uses the same engine as the F/A-18. I miss the old Gripen howl =)
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago> F-35 is so cheap Things I never thought I would hear...
- H8crilA 3y agoSince we're on HN I should also add that the most delay producing part of the plane was, by far, the software. Also, both of my points are important. The very long expected lifespan may be even more important.
- izacus 3y agoIt's surprising isn't it? After all the costs and overruns... but the economies of scale kicked in becaues EU NATO countries are buying them in large numbers (and they're noticably more advanced than competitors now that software is actually working).
- Teever 3y agoAren't a large portion of the F-35s that have been made to date practically complete write-offs because they're not going to update the software on them to support features from the most recent version?
- d3vmax 3y agoBut to the accounts department, it is cheaper and rightly so?