Put back into commission at least one Knox Class Frigate and name it the USS Reliant. Read more
From what I have heard from many accounts, basically everything is compartmentalized, but there are general developmental staff on projects that have to draw all the pieces together, and entities like Skunk Works work in small teams that are fairly uncompartmentalized within a single project. This has been something… Read more
Very cool thanks for the info! Read more
I love them! Read more
I am also very interested in what goes where the construction staging area is now Read more
It’s right there in the piece, UK plans on ordering about 100 F-35Bs, the Italians around 40 Read more
I think that is a good summary of the place, although those directly involved with flight test are at the tip of the spear, which has to be exciting. Read more
Lot’s of things are classified to protect other programs or to keep developing ones that would compete with existing programs. Read more
You know, if they made a really REALLY realistic Batman movie, this really should be the Batmobile. Read more
I saw that! Very cool. I think the F-35 line, as it matures and its customer base does as well, and other primes have to adapt to what that means, thus increasing competition with UCAVs paired with 4.5+gen fighters being an attractive alternative in the coming decade, enhanced models will have to be offered. A next… Read more
That thing needs a lot of air, I don’t think hinged from the front is an option Read more
great point, very odd. Read more
Thanks random Kinja advice giver guy Read more
Yeah sorry about that, never easy typing on the phone: Tyler@jalopnik.com Read more
shoot me an email! tylee@jalopnik.com Read more
F-35’s range is not a shortcoming, just a fact. It actually is pretty decent for a fighter, and pretty damn good with tanks if you on operating in a persistent environment, that is a good thing, but this does little to effect say combat in the Pacific theater with an A2/AD scenario. Once again, not a bad jet issue,… Read more
CFTs are not a highly expensive upgrade from what I have been told, considering a targeting pod costs millions of dollars. Block 50/52s will be flying for decades. Read more
I am ‘banking’ on the F-35’s failure, hardly! What the hell does that even mean? Read more
Some of you don’t read the words, it drives me nuts. It is not good vs bad fighter. It is about opportunity cost and what we could be doing with the funds instead of the F-35. It is about a flawed concept from the beginning and a mismanaged program now. So sick of everything being this over-simplified super bowl like… Read more