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eu sempre imaginei estes vetores como o F35 como aeronaves de " limpeza", ou seja, vem primeiro, destroem as ameacas aos vetores convencionais, e ficam "quetinhos" enquanto, os convencionais fazem o resto do trabalho.
acho que por um bom tempo, e isso que a USnavy vai fazer, pois com os valores de aquisicao nas alturas..., talvez fosse um bom exemplo para a marinha Britanica, se esta resovesse mudar seus Nae para convencionais, ou mesmo stolbar, nao seria preciso usar seu Nae 2 com Porta-Helicopteros.
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Budget Fear Puts Off Buy-Up of F-35 Jets (excerpt)
(Source: The Australian; issued Nov. 12, 2009)
THE RAAF's plan to acquire up to 100 F-35 joint strike fighters faces a further delay until next year as budget pressures continue to bear down on the Rudd government.
In a long-awaited decision, cabinet's national security committee was due to sign off on the $16 billion purchase before Christmas.
But defence budget pressures and Defence Department concerns about Australia becoming the lead foreign customer for the initial production models of the F-35 fighter are expected to force a postponement until the new year of a government green light for the acquisition.
The expected delay in the NSC's consideration of the joint strike fighter purchase comes as an annual review undertaken by Pentagon analysts found the F-35 program could cost an additional $16bn and face a two-year slippage unless remedial action was taken. (end of excerpt)
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(Source: The Australian; issued Nov. 12, 2009)
THE RAAF's plan to acquire up to 100 F-35 joint strike fighters faces a further delay until next year as budget pressures continue to bear down on the Rudd government.
In a long-awaited decision, cabinet's national security committee was due to sign off on the $16 billion purchase before Christmas.
But defence budget pressures and Defence Department concerns about Australia becoming the lead foreign customer for the initial production models of the F-35 fighter are expected to force a postponement until the new year of a government green light for the acquisition.
The expected delay in the NSC's consideration of the joint strike fighter purchase comes as an annual review undertaken by Pentagon analysts found the F-35 program could cost an additional $16bn and face a two-year slippage unless remedial action was taken. (end of excerpt)
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F-35 Is Far Behind Schedule and Over Budget, Reports Show (excerpt)
(Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram; published Nov. 15, 2009)
Work on the F-35 joint strike fighter program is far behind schedule and over budget despite the completion Saturday of a milestone test flight.
Reports prepared by the Defense Contract Management Agency for Defense Department officials show that Lockheed and other contractors are months late on deliveries of test airplanes and components for future production aircraft.
The program is even farther behind on testing, and the reports say Lockheed could exhaust its development budget within a year.
Problems cited in the documents, obtained by the Star-Telegram under the Freedom of Information Act, support a recent Pentagon assessment that F-35 development will require two more years and billions of additional dollars.
The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer has called a meeting for this weekend to address the reports’ conclusions and prepare recommendations for Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
The senior Lockheed executive running the F-35 program, Dan Crowley, said in an interview that the reports are largely accurate. But the worst of the delays have been surmounted and good progress is now being made, he said.
"We’re not drawing farther from the schedule. We’re going to meet the schedule beginning in 2011," said Crowley, executive vice president and F-35 general manager for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth.
The flight Saturday was only the fourth by a test airplane since the contract to develop the next-generation combat aircraft was awarded to Lockheed in late 2001.
The monthly reports prepared for Pentagon F-35 program managers show that Lockheed and its subcontractors badly trail the most recent revised schedule, adopted in May 2008. Key points include:
-- Production of test aircraft is running about six months behind.
-- Only seven of 13 test planes have been completed. All 13 were to have been completed and delivered for testing by early October. Only four have been flown.
-- Lockheed has had significant difficulty assembling the wing and major components.
-- Suppliers are late delivering finished parts and components not only because of manufacturing problems but also because of repeated design and engineering changes.
--Lockheed is exceeding cost targets and at current spending rates would exhaust its budget in fiscal 2011, which begins Oct. 1.
Those conclusions were drawn from the management agency reports and correlated with information provided by Lockheed, the Government Accountability Office and other sources.
F-35 flight testing is far behind schedule. The program is due to complete 441 test flights by year’s end; 128 have been flown.
The test aircraft that flew for the first time Saturday, the first conventional-takeoff F-35A-model (AF-1), a predecessor to those that will be built for the Air Force, was due to fly in June. The two B-model short-takeoff-vertical-landing aircraft that have flown so far (BF-1 and BF-2) have made only 37 combined test flights in nearly 18 months.
Crowley said production and flight testing has been repeatedly delayed because of late parts deliveries, as key parts were redesigned and then the suppliers, spread across the U.S. and in other countries, worked to incorporate changes.
The time needed to complete aircraft and move them out of the factory and into ground tests and, eventually, flight tests, is decreasing rapidly, Crowley said. Lockheed’s production costs are also declining, he said, and the company need not exhaust the funds already budgeted. (end of excerpt)
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(Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram; published Nov. 15, 2009)
Work on the F-35 joint strike fighter program is far behind schedule and over budget despite the completion Saturday of a milestone test flight.
Reports prepared by the Defense Contract Management Agency for Defense Department officials show that Lockheed and other contractors are months late on deliveries of test airplanes and components for future production aircraft.
The program is even farther behind on testing, and the reports say Lockheed could exhaust its development budget within a year.
Problems cited in the documents, obtained by the Star-Telegram under the Freedom of Information Act, support a recent Pentagon assessment that F-35 development will require two more years and billions of additional dollars.
The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer has called a meeting for this weekend to address the reports’ conclusions and prepare recommendations for Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
The senior Lockheed executive running the F-35 program, Dan Crowley, said in an interview that the reports are largely accurate. But the worst of the delays have been surmounted and good progress is now being made, he said.
"We’re not drawing farther from the schedule. We’re going to meet the schedule beginning in 2011," said Crowley, executive vice president and F-35 general manager for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth.
The flight Saturday was only the fourth by a test airplane since the contract to develop the next-generation combat aircraft was awarded to Lockheed in late 2001.
The monthly reports prepared for Pentagon F-35 program managers show that Lockheed and its subcontractors badly trail the most recent revised schedule, adopted in May 2008. Key points include:
-- Production of test aircraft is running about six months behind.
-- Only seven of 13 test planes have been completed. All 13 were to have been completed and delivered for testing by early October. Only four have been flown.
-- Lockheed has had significant difficulty assembling the wing and major components.
-- Suppliers are late delivering finished parts and components not only because of manufacturing problems but also because of repeated design and engineering changes.
--Lockheed is exceeding cost targets and at current spending rates would exhaust its budget in fiscal 2011, which begins Oct. 1.
Those conclusions were drawn from the management agency reports and correlated with information provided by Lockheed, the Government Accountability Office and other sources.
F-35 flight testing is far behind schedule. The program is due to complete 441 test flights by year’s end; 128 have been flown.
The test aircraft that flew for the first time Saturday, the first conventional-takeoff F-35A-model (AF-1), a predecessor to those that will be built for the Air Force, was due to fly in June. The two B-model short-takeoff-vertical-landing aircraft that have flown so far (BF-1 and BF-2) have made only 37 combined test flights in nearly 18 months.
Crowley said production and flight testing has been repeatedly delayed because of late parts deliveries, as key parts were redesigned and then the suppliers, spread across the U.S. and in other countries, worked to incorporate changes.
The time needed to complete aircraft and move them out of the factory and into ground tests and, eventually, flight tests, is decreasing rapidly, Crowley said. Lockheed’s production costs are also declining, he said, and the company need not exhaust the funds already budgeted. (end of excerpt)
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Japão escolhe o F-35 como seu próximo caça
O Japão considera adquirir cerca de 40 caças F-35 para a sua força aérea segundo a Agência de notícias oficial Kyodo.
O Japão que após a Segunda Guerra Mundial adotou uma posição pacifistaestá gradualmente expandindo sua capacidade military como contraponto às potencies nucleares da Coréia do Norte eda China e esta com sua continuada expansão militar.
O Ministro da Defesa procurará alocar fundos no orçamento do ano fiscal de 2011 para os caças afirmou a Agência Kyodo não citando a fonte.
O F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), em desenvolvimento pelos Estados Unidos , Inglaterra, Itália e Austrália tem um custom estimado de nove bilhões de yens (101 milhões de dólares) a unidade informou a Kyodo.
O objetivo inicial do Japão era adquriri o F-22 Raptor projetado incorporando inúmeras capacidades furtivas que o tornam discreto à deteção ao radar. Porém o Congresso não liberou a venda do avião pelas tecnologias sensíveis e recentemente a Administração Obama determinou o fim da produção do F-22 Raptor quando alcançar a marca de187 caças. Os novos caças deverão substituir os antigos F-4EJ produzidos no Japão pela Mitsubishi.
A procura de um caça de quinta geração estava focada no F-22 Raptor. Porém também solicitou informações ao Consórcio Eurofighter,e à Boeing para os F-15SE e F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, como uma solução intermediária para compensar os atrasos no F-35.
A LockheedMartin negociou com a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) a possibilidade de estabelecer uma linha de montagem no Japão. Em especial aproveitando o relacionamento das empresas Lockheed Martin e MHI no projeto F-2 (desenvolvimento japonês com base no F-16).
A notícia é um prenúncio ruim para o consórcio europeu Eurofighter que apostava em uma provável encomenda do Japão. Pior ainda para a Boeing que previa como quase certa uma encomenda de F-15 SE (Silent Eagle) para operar junto com os F-15 J já operados pelas Forças de Auto-Defesa do Japão.
A decisão japonesa deve ter sido em muito motivada pelos recentes desenvolvimentos militares asiáticos como os mísseis norte-coreanos e a explosão nuclear desse país. E mais impressionante as duas espetaculares demonstrações de poder com o desfile do dia 01 Outubro pelos 60 Anos da China e no dia 11 de Novembro pelos 60 anos da Força Aérea. Ver linkdo desfile no DNTV
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Japão escolhe o F-35 como seu próximo caça
O Japão considera adquirir cerca de 40 caças F-35 para a sua força aérea segundo a Agência de notícias oficial Kyodo.
O Japão que após a Segunda Guerra Mundial adotou uma posição pacifistaestá gradualmente expandindo sua capacidade military como contraponto às potencies nucleares da Coréia do Norte eda China e esta com sua continuada expansão militar.
O Ministro da Defesa procurará alocar fundos no orçamento do ano fiscal de 2011 para os caças afirmou a Agência Kyodo não citando a fonte.
O F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), em desenvolvimento pelos Estados Unidos , Inglaterra, Itália e Austrália tem um custom estimado de nove bilhões de yens (101 milhões de dólares) a unidade informou a Kyodo.
O objetivo inicial do Japão era adquriri o F-22 Raptor projetado incorporando inúmeras capacidades furtivas que o tornam discreto à deteção ao radar. Porém o Congresso não liberou a venda do avião pelas tecnologias sensíveis e recentemente a Administração Obama determinou o fim da produção do F-22 Raptor quando alcançar a marca de187 caças. Os novos caças deverão substituir os antigos F-4EJ produzidos no Japão pela Mitsubishi.
A procura de um caça de quinta geração estava focada no F-22 Raptor. Porém também solicitou informações ao Consórcio Eurofighter,e à Boeing para os F-15SE e F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, como uma solução intermediária para compensar os atrasos no F-35.
A LockheedMartin negociou com a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) a possibilidade de estabelecer uma linha de montagem no Japão. Em especial aproveitando o relacionamento das empresas Lockheed Martin e MHI no projeto F-2 (desenvolvimento japonês com base no F-16).
A notícia é um prenúncio ruim para o consórcio europeu Eurofighter que apostava em uma provável encomenda do Japão. Pior ainda para a Boeing que previa como quase certa uma encomenda de F-15 SE (Silent Eagle) para operar junto com os F-15 J já operados pelas Forças de Auto-Defesa do Japão.
A decisão japonesa deve ter sido em muito motivada pelos recentes desenvolvimentos militares asiáticos como os mísseis norte-coreanos e a explosão nuclear desse país. E mais impressionante as duas espetaculares demonstrações de poder com o desfile do dia 01 Outubro pelos 60 Anos da China e no dia 11 de Novembro pelos 60 anos da Força Aérea. Ver linkdo desfile no DNTV
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First Joint Strike Fighter Test Aircraft Cheaper
(Source: Netherlands Ministry of Defense, issued November 19, 2009)
The first F-35 (JSF) test aircraft [for the Netherlands] is 13.5 million euros cheaper than anticipated, because the current value of the dollar is lower than the budgeted rate, State Secretary Jack De Vries reported today in a letter to the House.
Over the entire production period considered, to 2034, the average unit price of the F-35 is expected to be 49.5 million U.S. dollars. These are F-35As, the version that the Dutch Air Force plans to order. Besides the F-35A, Lockheed Martin is developing the F-35B, the Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) version, and the F-35C, designed for aircraft carriers. These versions are more expensive. Each partner will pay the same price for same device type.
Learning curve
The first JSF test aircraft of the so-called "low-rate initial production" batches are more expensive than the later devices. This is due to the so-called 'learning curve', which ensures that the accumulated knowledge and experience with the aircraft make them less expensive to produce.
Adjusted Price
For long-term stability in equipment projects, like those of the F-35, Defence estimated acquisition costs using a "dollar plan" rate of 0.83 euros to the US dollar. However, the dollar value used in the completed contract is 0.71 euros.
Based on the “dollar plan,” the price of the first test aircraft was estimated at 113.2 million euros, but the adjusted price, using the current exchange rate, is 99.7 million euros.
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(Source: Netherlands Ministry of Defense, issued November 19, 2009)
The first F-35 (JSF) test aircraft [for the Netherlands] is 13.5 million euros cheaper than anticipated, because the current value of the dollar is lower than the budgeted rate, State Secretary Jack De Vries reported today in a letter to the House.
Over the entire production period considered, to 2034, the average unit price of the F-35 is expected to be 49.5 million U.S. dollars. These are F-35As, the version that the Dutch Air Force plans to order. Besides the F-35A, Lockheed Martin is developing the F-35B, the Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) version, and the F-35C, designed for aircraft carriers. These versions are more expensive. Each partner will pay the same price for same device type.
Learning curve
The first JSF test aircraft of the so-called "low-rate initial production" batches are more expensive than the later devices. This is due to the so-called 'learning curve', which ensures that the accumulated knowledge and experience with the aircraft make them less expensive to produce.
Adjusted Price
For long-term stability in equipment projects, like those of the F-35, Defence estimated acquisition costs using a "dollar plan" rate of 0.83 euros to the US dollar. However, the dollar value used in the completed contract is 0.71 euros.
Based on the “dollar plan,” the price of the first test aircraft was estimated at 113.2 million euros, but the adjusted price, using the current exchange rate, is 99.7 million euros.
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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter—Australia’s Next Generation Air Power
(Source; Australian Department of Defence; issued November 25, 2009)
(Note: all monetary amounts are in Australian dollars unless otherwise indicated)
The Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner, today announced that the Australian Government had approved acquisition of the first batch of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft as foreshadowed in the 2009 Defence White Paper.
There has been considerable public interest in the potential acquisition of the F-35 JSF. The Government examined the JSF’s capabilities very carefully in the context of the Air Combat Capability Review and 2009 Defence White Paper deliberations, and remains confident that the JSF’s combination of stealth, advanced sensors, networking and data fusion capabilities, when integrated into the networked Australian Defence Force (ADF), will ensure Australia maintains its strategic capability advantage out to 2030.
The Government has approved acquisition of the first 14 Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL) Joint Strike Fighters and infrastructure and support required for initial training and testing, at an estimated cost of $3.2 billion.
“Approval of this first batch of JSF aircraft is evidence of the Rudd Government’s strong commitment to defence and our commitment to implementing the Defence White Paper,” Senator Faulkner said.
Approval of the next batch of aircraft and all necessary support and enabling capabilities, sufficient to establish three operational squadrons and a training squadron of CTOL JSF, will be considered in 2012. This will fulfil our White Paper commitment to acquire three operational squadrons comprising not fewer than 72 aircraft.
“By 2012, Defence will have much firmer cost estimates for the remaining aircraft and necessary support and enabling capabilities as part of the planned first multi-year buy that is expected to comprise over 1000 aircraft for the US, Australia and other partners. This will allow for much more effective planning of the final JSF acquisition in the context of the overall Defence Capability Plan,” Senator Faulkner said.
Acquisition of an additional operational squadron – bringing the total number of JSF aircraft to around 100 – will be considered at a later date in conjunction with a decision on the withdrawal of the F/A-18F Super Hornet.
Australia’s first JSF aircraft will be delivered in the United States in 2014 to commence initial training and test activities. Australia’s first operational squadron will be based at Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown, and is planned to be ready for operations in 2018. All three operational squadrons are planned to be in service in 2021.
The decision follows many years of unprecedented evaluation and planning by all nine countries involved in the JSF’s development.
“Defence has done more analysis on this platform than any other platform in the acquisition history of the ADF,” Senator Faulkner said.
Chief of the Air Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin said: “The JSF acquisition will allow Australia to maintain its regional air combat superiority. It will also enable Australia to effectively contribute to regional security and enhances opportunities for interoperability and commonality to support future coalition operations.”
To date, 25 Australian companies have won approximately US$200 million in the development and early production phase of the JSF. As Australia and other countries commit to JSF acquisition, significantly increased opportunities for Australian industry will open up, as agreed in the Industry Participation Plan with Lockheed Martin and its JSF industry partners.
Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, Greg Combet said: “Government and Industry will need to continue to work together as JSF Team Australia to maximise benefits for Australian industry in the JSF Program in the face of stiff international competition. Consideration of acquisition of the next batch of aircraft in 2012 will provide Government the opportunity to review Lockheed Martin’s progress on implementing the Industry Participation Plan.
“It is important that where Australian companies offer value for money, Lockheed Martin and its JSF industry partners give fair consideration to Australian industry,” Minister Combet said.
The Government’s acquisition decision will also allow Lockheed Martin and its JSF industry partners to establish formal relationships with Australian industry to meet Australia’s defence self reliance requirements in supporting the JSF.
“Our commitment to the JSF will allow Australian industry to become integrated into the global JSF support system, ensuring our aircraft are supported in the most cost effective way. Commitment to the JSF also opens up opportunities for Australian industry to contribute to regional and global support of the JSF,” Minister Combet said.
The Program Manager, Air Vice-Marshal John Harvey said: “This acquisition decision cements our commitment to the JSF Program and our commitment to the US and other international partners to make the JSF Program a great success.”
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(Source; Australian Department of Defence; issued November 25, 2009)
(Note: all monetary amounts are in Australian dollars unless otherwise indicated)
The Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner, today announced that the Australian Government had approved acquisition of the first batch of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft as foreshadowed in the 2009 Defence White Paper.
There has been considerable public interest in the potential acquisition of the F-35 JSF. The Government examined the JSF’s capabilities very carefully in the context of the Air Combat Capability Review and 2009 Defence White Paper deliberations, and remains confident that the JSF’s combination of stealth, advanced sensors, networking and data fusion capabilities, when integrated into the networked Australian Defence Force (ADF), will ensure Australia maintains its strategic capability advantage out to 2030.
The Government has approved acquisition of the first 14 Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL) Joint Strike Fighters and infrastructure and support required for initial training and testing, at an estimated cost of $3.2 billion.
“Approval of this first batch of JSF aircraft is evidence of the Rudd Government’s strong commitment to defence and our commitment to implementing the Defence White Paper,” Senator Faulkner said.
Approval of the next batch of aircraft and all necessary support and enabling capabilities, sufficient to establish three operational squadrons and a training squadron of CTOL JSF, will be considered in 2012. This will fulfil our White Paper commitment to acquire three operational squadrons comprising not fewer than 72 aircraft.
“By 2012, Defence will have much firmer cost estimates for the remaining aircraft and necessary support and enabling capabilities as part of the planned first multi-year buy that is expected to comprise over 1000 aircraft for the US, Australia and other partners. This will allow for much more effective planning of the final JSF acquisition in the context of the overall Defence Capability Plan,” Senator Faulkner said.
Acquisition of an additional operational squadron – bringing the total number of JSF aircraft to around 100 – will be considered at a later date in conjunction with a decision on the withdrawal of the F/A-18F Super Hornet.
Australia’s first JSF aircraft will be delivered in the United States in 2014 to commence initial training and test activities. Australia’s first operational squadron will be based at Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown, and is planned to be ready for operations in 2018. All three operational squadrons are planned to be in service in 2021.
The decision follows many years of unprecedented evaluation and planning by all nine countries involved in the JSF’s development.
“Defence has done more analysis on this platform than any other platform in the acquisition history of the ADF,” Senator Faulkner said.
Chief of the Air Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin said: “The JSF acquisition will allow Australia to maintain its regional air combat superiority. It will also enable Australia to effectively contribute to regional security and enhances opportunities for interoperability and commonality to support future coalition operations.”
To date, 25 Australian companies have won approximately US$200 million in the development and early production phase of the JSF. As Australia and other countries commit to JSF acquisition, significantly increased opportunities for Australian industry will open up, as agreed in the Industry Participation Plan with Lockheed Martin and its JSF industry partners.
Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, Greg Combet said: “Government and Industry will need to continue to work together as JSF Team Australia to maximise benefits for Australian industry in the JSF Program in the face of stiff international competition. Consideration of acquisition of the next batch of aircraft in 2012 will provide Government the opportunity to review Lockheed Martin’s progress on implementing the Industry Participation Plan.
“It is important that where Australian companies offer value for money, Lockheed Martin and its JSF industry partners give fair consideration to Australian industry,” Minister Combet said.
The Government’s acquisition decision will also allow Lockheed Martin and its JSF industry partners to establish formal relationships with Australian industry to meet Australia’s defence self reliance requirements in supporting the JSF.
“Our commitment to the JSF will allow Australian industry to become integrated into the global JSF support system, ensuring our aircraft are supported in the most cost effective way. Commitment to the JSF also opens up opportunities for Australian industry to contribute to regional and global support of the JSF,” Minister Combet said.
The Program Manager, Air Vice-Marshal John Harvey said: “This acquisition decision cements our commitment to the JSF Program and our commitment to the US and other international partners to make the JSF Program a great success.”
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olha a bela da 
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continua:EXCLUSIVE-US to withhold F-35 fighter software codes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will keep to itself sensitive software code that controls Lockheed Martin Corp ( LMT - news - people )'s new radar-evading F-35 fighter jet despite requests from co-development partners, a senior Pentagon program official said.
Access to the technology had been publicly sought by Britain, which had threatened to scrub plans to buy as many as 138 F-35s if it were unable to maintain and upgrade its fleet without U.S. involvement.
"Nobody's happy with it completely. but everybody's satisfied and understands," he said of withholding the code from partners and Israel, which also has sought the technology transfer as part of a possible purchase of up to 75 F-35s.
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Bom, dado meu baixo conhecimento técnico, vou tentar te passar o que eu sei sobre o caça, apenas lendo sobre o dito...alb escreveu:Srs,
eu sempre imaginei estes vetores como o F35 como aeronaves de " limpeza", ou seja, vem primeiro, destroem as ameacas aos vetores convencionais, e ficam "quetinhos" enquanto, os convencionais fazem o resto do trabalho.
acho que por um bom tempo, e isso que a USnavy vai fazer, pois com os valores de aquisicao nas alturas..., talvez fosse um bom exemplo para a marinha Britanica, se esta resovesse mudar seus Nae para convencionais, ou mesmo stolbar, nao seria preciso usar seu Nae 2 com Porta-Helicopteros.
Filtrei muita coisa, mas os nobres colegas podem sem problemas corrigir alguns erros que eu eventualmente cometerei..
Bom...
O F-35 ao contrário do F-22, não é um caça dedicado a missões de superioridade aérea, porém ele não deixa de ser um caça eficiente para esta função, mesmo tendo até o momento muitas fraqueza e dúvidas, que tem atrasado o programa e comprometido o custo unitário, que decolou.
Um ponto importante a destacar, é que o F-35 tem baias internas relativamente pequenas. O que impossibilita a instalação, por exemplo, dos mesmos mísseis ar-ar que um Typhoon pode carregar. ( Considerando o Meteor como arma principal...) Além desta dificuldade, outro ponto importante a destacar é a sua real capacidade sthealt, que ao contrário do F-22, é dedicada mais a missões ar-terra, por este motivo, o seu ''bico'' e a parte inferior são mais ''stealth'' e o ''resto'' é aparentemente mais ''normal''.
Bombas de precisão também são transportadas em pequenas quantidades... O que é um problema para um caça bombardeiro... MAS é preciso compreender que são poucos os cenários de grande intensidade hoje no mundo... então sem um sistema antiaéreo eficiente, o F-35 pode transportar uma penca de bombas e mísseis em seus cabides externos.
Isto também é importante, até porque depois do primeiro ataque, os demais poderão ser feitos com a utilização dos cabides, mas pensando assim, qual seria a real efetividade do F-35, em comparação aos caças de 4,5 G?
Eu acredito que o F-35 tenha sido pensado para substituir o F-16, o F-18 e alguns outros aviões bombardeiros. Mas para tal era preciso um caça econômico, só que um caça de 5 geração é naturalmente mais caro que um caça tradicional. Talvez a efetividade do F-35 tenha sido reduzida para baratear os custos. Ou talvez tenha os EUA interesse com a venda destes, mesmo que a um custo inferior, para manter sua influência em áreas estratégicas.
Sinceramente, não acredito em F-35 de 5 geração. Acho que o F-35 esta mais para um caça de 4,9 geração...
Mas, como em todo produto, é necessário muito MKT para vender, então rotular o caça passou a ser prioridade.
Aonde estão as Ogivas Nucleares do Brasil???
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O SE sim, mas a venda deste para o Japão, creio que não...czarccc escreveu:Será o fim do ATD-x?
E o Silent Eagle? Será que procegue?
Aonde estão as Ogivas Nucleares do Brasil???
Re: F-35 News
DATE:25/11/09
SOURCE:Flight International
Israeli industry welcomes F-35 weapons agreement, but demands more
By Stephen Trimble
Israeli industry officials will continue pushing for a larger role in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme, after winning a key victory on weapons integration.
An Israeli air force order for up to 75 F-35s would include an agreement to integrate the Rafael Python 5 short-range air-to-air missile and Spice precision-guided weapon kit, the F-35 Joint Program Office told Reuters on 23 November.
The announcement, however, falls short of Rafael's full demands for industrial access to the F-35's weapons mix.
"It's in the right direction for us," says Lova Drori, Rafael's executive vice-president for marketing, who notes that the company makes "other weapons" beside the Python and Spice. These include the medium-range Derby air-to-air missile, while the company also acknowledges undisclosed work on several classified programmes for the Israeli defence forces.
Israel Aerospace Industries also wants a major role in the F-35 supply chain in return for Israel agreeing to sign an order.
"The Israeli air force is an important customer, a very prestigious customer," says Amnon Weidberg, deputy director for marketing and business development for IAI's Lahav division. "I hope the Israeli government will leverage [its clout] with Lockheed Martin to give us more work."
In particular, IAI wants to continue its role as a major structures supplier for the Boeing F-15 and Lockheed F-16, which are both the result of previous Israeli air force orders. IAI officials note that they have a high supplier ranking with Lockheed, delivering all of the wings ordered for F-16s.
It is not clear how the Israeli air force will maintain any F-35s beyond performing frontline repairs. Lockheed has designed the F-35's logistics systems to support hubs in the USA, Europe and Asia. But Israel traditionally requires depot-level work on its combat aircraft to be conducted in-country, most often by IAI.
The Joint Program Office also told Reuters that Israeli electronic warfare systems would be excluded from any purchase agreement, with this representing a severe blow to IAI's Elta Systems subsidiary. Elta also has lobbied to offer its active electronically scanned array radar for the F-35, but this is also unlikely to be approved.
SOURCE:Flight International
Israeli industry welcomes F-35 weapons agreement, but demands more
By Stephen Trimble
Israeli industry officials will continue pushing for a larger role in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme, after winning a key victory on weapons integration.
An Israeli air force order for up to 75 F-35s would include an agreement to integrate the Rafael Python 5 short-range air-to-air missile and Spice precision-guided weapon kit, the F-35 Joint Program Office told Reuters on 23 November.
The announcement, however, falls short of Rafael's full demands for industrial access to the F-35's weapons mix.
"It's in the right direction for us," says Lova Drori, Rafael's executive vice-president for marketing, who notes that the company makes "other weapons" beside the Python and Spice. These include the medium-range Derby air-to-air missile, while the company also acknowledges undisclosed work on several classified programmes for the Israeli defence forces.
Israel Aerospace Industries also wants a major role in the F-35 supply chain in return for Israel agreeing to sign an order.
"The Israeli air force is an important customer, a very prestigious customer," says Amnon Weidberg, deputy director for marketing and business development for IAI's Lahav division. "I hope the Israeli government will leverage [its clout] with Lockheed Martin to give us more work."
In particular, IAI wants to continue its role as a major structures supplier for the Boeing F-15 and Lockheed F-16, which are both the result of previous Israeli air force orders. IAI officials note that they have a high supplier ranking with Lockheed, delivering all of the wings ordered for F-16s.
It is not clear how the Israeli air force will maintain any F-35s beyond performing frontline repairs. Lockheed has designed the F-35's logistics systems to support hubs in the USA, Europe and Asia. But Israel traditionally requires depot-level work on its combat aircraft to be conducted in-country, most often by IAI.
The Joint Program Office also told Reuters that Israeli electronic warfare systems would be excluded from any purchase agreement, with this representing a severe blow to IAI's Elta Systems subsidiary. Elta also has lobbied to offer its active electronically scanned array radar for the F-35, but this is also unlikely to be approved.
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Australian Government Okays F-35 Purchase
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/ ... 20Purchase
Nov 25, 2009
By Robert Wall
The Australian government has decided to buy 14 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters now and not review its larger commitment for operational squadrons for another few years.
After weeks of discussions, Canberra says it will put A$3.2 billion ($3 billion) into the U.S.-based Lockheed Martin program to start receiving aircraft in 2014 for testing and training. The aircraft will operate in the U.S. The spending also will buy infrastructure and support.
In 2012, the government then plans to make a decision on whether to proceed with buying at least 72 F-35s to equip three Royal Australian Air Force operational squadron. Plans call for the first of those to become operational in 2018 and the third in 2021.
“By 2012, [the defense ministry] will have much firmer cost estimates for the remaining aircraft and necessary support and enabling capabilities as part of the planned first multiyear buy that is expected to comprise over 1,000 aircraft for the U.S., Australia and other partners. This will allow for much more effective planning of the final JSF acquisition in the context of the overall Defense Capability Plan,” says the defense minister, Sen. John Faulkner.
Australia had indicated it would buy 100 F-35s. That’s still a possibility, although the decision will not be made until much later and depend on what will happen with the F/A-18F fleet.
The RAAF will field conventional-takeoff-and-landing versions of the multi-role fighter.
Australia signals its review in 2012 will also examine the industrial benefits that have flowed to its companies as part of the JSF program. In announcing the deal, it notes that 25 local firms have secured $200 million in business for JSF development and early production. How industry does in securing full-rate production work is the next issue. ”It is important that where Australian companies offer value for money, Lockheed Martin and its JSF industry partners give fair consideration to Australian industry,” says Greg Combet, minister for defense personnel, material and science.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/ ... 20Purchase
Nov 25, 2009
By Robert Wall
The Australian government has decided to buy 14 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters now and not review its larger commitment for operational squadrons for another few years.
After weeks of discussions, Canberra says it will put A$3.2 billion ($3 billion) into the U.S.-based Lockheed Martin program to start receiving aircraft in 2014 for testing and training. The aircraft will operate in the U.S. The spending also will buy infrastructure and support.
In 2012, the government then plans to make a decision on whether to proceed with buying at least 72 F-35s to equip three Royal Australian Air Force operational squadron. Plans call for the first of those to become operational in 2018 and the third in 2021.
“By 2012, [the defense ministry] will have much firmer cost estimates for the remaining aircraft and necessary support and enabling capabilities as part of the planned first multiyear buy that is expected to comprise over 1,000 aircraft for the U.S., Australia and other partners. This will allow for much more effective planning of the final JSF acquisition in the context of the overall Defense Capability Plan,” says the defense minister, Sen. John Faulkner.
Australia had indicated it would buy 100 F-35s. That’s still a possibility, although the decision will not be made until much later and depend on what will happen with the F/A-18F fleet.
The RAAF will field conventional-takeoff-and-landing versions of the multi-role fighter.
Australia signals its review in 2012 will also examine the industrial benefits that have flowed to its companies as part of the JSF program. In announcing the deal, it notes that 25 local firms have secured $200 million in business for JSF development and early production. How industry does in securing full-rate production work is the next issue. ”It is important that where Australian companies offer value for money, Lockheed Martin and its JSF industry partners give fair consideration to Australian industry,” says Greg Combet, minister for defense personnel, material and science.
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Carlos Mathias escreveu:As colônias estão agindo coerentemente.
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UK anger as America refuses to share secrets of new radar-evading Lockheed F35 fighter jet... that Britain helped pay for
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z0Y6g7foLd
Fazem isso com o 51º estado!
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z0Y6g7foLd
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