Just heard on the Channel 9 news down here that due to delays, cost over-runs and technical difficulties with the F-35, the PIgs are to stay in service untill 2020 after all.
A government enquiry is being put together to assess wether it is viable for Australia to stay in the JSF partnership or if it should pull out and if it does pull out, what would be the best option instead. BAE has already made an offer with the Typhoon, though it is still early days as to what is going to happen.
What caught my attention was the announcement that the F-35 is having difficulties in the “All Weather” role. If we decided to stay te course, our first planes aren’t due now till 2018, which the Air Force is saying now that is totally unacceptable.
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February 1, 2007 at 12:43 am