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It's not that they overlooked it as such--it's that, at different points in the plane's design, requirements changed. The original powerplant design was probabl
by angersock 11y ago
It's not that they overlooked it as such--it's that, at different points in the plane's design, requirements changed. The original powerplant design was probably settled on before the stealth requirements were brought up.
- engi_nerd 11y agoThat's not the case at all. The aircraft has always been intended to be stealthy. The X-35 prototypes used F119 engines from the F-22 program (also a stealth aircraft). The F135 engine is a follow-on development with the F119 as a starting point.