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Seems like the Pentagon is having seconds thoughts about the F-35 programme
If this bird did not meet the performance as estipulated in the contract not the price (lets not forget that it started at about 56 million and now it is 85 million PLUS the cost of engines ~ 115 million) this damn weapons programme has to be ditched and the responsable individuals have to explain where and how they were wrong so that this does not happen again (this is wishful thinking of course) (www.fool.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Yikes.. I was on the Space Shuttle program and manned mission development.. we never thought NASA would completely kill and send tens of thousands or people to the street, for good!... and it was not even in the same category as this program.. I think they are in trouble. and should have built more F22's..
Or maybe the author at The Fool has a short interest in LMT and needs to buy some cheap shares to cover? Hmmmm.....
Aw, the FTX is alive and well?
Yes, they sure were...for GM and Chrysler maybe, Ford was the only one who took care of themselves.
A success? I think not.
A success? I think not.
Having lived in MI throughout the process, the bailouts WERE a success...the suppliers could not have survived had not GM and Chrysler survived. The auto industry as a whole is alive and well.
http://www.factcheck.org/2011/09/ford-motor-co-does-u-turn-on-bailouts/
http://www.factcheck.org/2011/09/ford-motor-co-does-u-turn-on-bailouts/
Second Thoughts? A bit late for that I would think. Ditch the F35B and retain the A10
For those with a knowledge of history, nearly every time in the past the pentagon wanted to have a do-all aircraft it fell short of expectations and cost more than was forecast. Case in point, the F4 Phantom. The Air Force wanted a missle platform, the Navy wanted a CAP fighter, and the Marines wanted a ground support aircraft that could dogfight if needed - sound familiar? The compromises on the aircraft to make it a be-all weapon system left it over weight, (initially) under powered, no internal gun, poor rear visibility and with few supporters of the aircraft when it was originally built. The F4 was designed ina commitee with far too many cooks in the kitchen and we are seeing this same sequence play out once again with the F35. Eventually, the aircraft will be delivered and enter operations, the pilots will figure out how to make it perform its designated mission - work around it flaws - and its merits will eventually over shadow its compromises. The F35 is everything to the cooks in the kitchen and it will be delivered inspite of anything the critics of the program can offer up now.