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So, SpaceX is disrupting Boeing on the space front. Who is disrupting Boeing on the aviation front? Airbus and Embraer are great, but they're not based in the U

So, SpaceX is disrupting Boeing on the space front. Who is disrupting Boeing on the aviation front? Airbus and Embraer are great, but they're not based in the US. Where's the homegrown challenger? Or is this going to turn into another TSMC situation where the US has to look outside for competence?

Dalewyn 2y ago
Lockheed Martin has absolutely murdered Boeing in the jet fighter market. USAF sourced the F-15EX Eagle II because Lockheed can't make F-35 Lightning IIs fast enough, but even that was a flop because guess what: Boeing forgot how to install the F-15EX's fuel tank. The same fuel tank the F-15E and all its derivatives have used. As for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, it lost to the F-35 Lightning II in every single foreign market bid. Boeing literally lost multiple times to the worst-run jet fighter programme in US history. Fuck Boeing. Airbus is poised to win without contest if and when USAF goes for bids on a new tanker again. The KC-46A Pegasus still isn't in active service due to ongoing refueling problems; yes, a tanker that can't tank. Fuck Boeing and fuck the Government Accountability Office who threw out Airbus's winning bid. As a NATO resident, there is no national security concern with going Airbus. Northrop Grumman has murdered Boeing in the new bomber programme, the B-21 Raider, after USAF finally got around to a successor for the B-52, B-2, and B-1. This was next to the Joint Strike Fighter programme in terms of how coveted it was. SpaceX as you mentioned is putting everyone in space out to pasture, not just Boeing. So really, the only replacement we don't have for Boeing is commercial airliners and military heavy cargo which Airbus could be but can't because their production lines are already full. Northrop Grumman could be interested, I guess.

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So, SpaceX is disrupting Boeing on the space front. Who is disrupting Boeing on the aviation front? Airbus and Embraer are great, but they're not based in the U

by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago

Dalewyn 2y ago
Lockheed Martin has absolutely murdered Boeing in the jet fighter market. USAF sourced the F-15EX Eagle II because Lockheed can't make F-35 Lightning IIs fast enough, but even that was a flop because guess what: Boeing forgot how to install the F-15EX's fuel tank. The same fuel tank the F-15E and all its derivatives have used. As for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, it lost to the F-35 Lightning II in every single foreign market bid. Boeing literally lost multiple times to the worst-run jet fighter programme in US history. Fuck Boeing. Airbus is poised to win without contest if and when USAF goes for bids on a new tanker again. The KC-46A Pegasus still isn't in active service due to ongoing refueling problems; yes, a tanker that can't tank. Fuck Boeing and fuck the Government Accountability Office who threw out Airbus's winning bid. As a NATO resident, there is no national security concern with going Airbus. Northrop Grumman has murdered Boeing in the new bomber programme, the B-21 Raider, after USAF finally got around to a successor for the B-52, B-2, and B-1. This was next to the Joint Strike Fighter programme in terms of how coveted it was. SpaceX as you mentioned is putting everyone in space out to pasture, not just Boeing. So really, the only replacement we don't have for Boeing is commercial airliners and military heavy cargo which Airbus could be but can't because their production lines are already full. Northrop Grumman could be interested, I guess.