BAE Systems’ Laurie Hilditch said …
“The goal is to maintain a multipurpose, high-performance, cutting edge technology aircraft and we have the only fighters in the world to be interoperable with the advanced United States F-22 raptors.”

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/advanced-fighter-jets-to-have-uae-parts#ixzz2LMDMaIlu

Why is only the Typhoon interoperable with F-22?

Because that Bae chap had drunk quite a few beers?

With the exception of Germany. Why are all the Typhoon Partners purchasing the F-35? Just as production ends for the latter.

Last time i´ve checked from the four original partners only two are buying DAVE. GB is buying it because they dont have anything else that can take from a carrier, Italy is buying it to substitute a fleet of ATG AMX´s and Tornados GR1.

Lockheed Martin will deliver an Exceptional Aircraft in the case of the F-35 Lightning. Which, will be in the price range of the Typhoon/Rafale and one vastly more capable.

– Lockheed Martin will deliver an Exceptional Late Aircraft (all versions)
– Lockheed Martin will deliver an Exceptional Heavy Aircraft (all versions)
– Lockheed Martin will deliver an Exceptional slow Aircraft (the “C”)
– Lockheed Martin will deliver an Exceptional expensive Aircraft (the “B” and the “C”)
– Which, the “A” (probably) will be in the acquisition price range of the Typhoon/Rafale/Evolved Eagle, the “B” and “C” will be more expensive both to acquire and to operate.
(LM went after every mistake made by Eurofighter GMBH (with a Vengeance))

On the capability front, the Juri´s still out, let´s see the aircraft in action first.

Great idea lets substitute thousands of 8 tons Vipers and subsonic warthogs with 13+ ton stealth strike fighters…

How do you say “slash between one third and half of the sqn´s”?

Interesting conversation. I note that the notion of sustained g and how it is spelled out in the T-X KPP is confusing for some here. Since I calculate this stuff for a living, I could not resist to chime in.

The 15 degrees descent slope buys you between 1.0 and 1.3 g of sustained g capability in addition to what you get in level flight, for this category of aircraft.

For example, the M-346 at 5.6g in level flight can sustain 6.6 to 6.9 g in a 15 degree descent. So there you have it.

Machdiamond, thank you, this means that both the M-346 and the Hawk respect that particular KPP, just like their representatives have been saying all along.

I hope this one ends once and for all the “only the Super Duper Supersonic Trainer respects the KPP´s” mantra…

Cheers

Oh I agree. Opting for a new engine design when F414 was already available was foolishness of the highest order. All I meant was that irrational fixations can develop as much in institutions as in random folk on the internets.

Yep

of course Rafale operation and maintainance costs will be high. its a twin engine aircraft while brazil has a long history of using single engined ones.
If they wanted cheap operation they should stick to Gripen.

Its a question of size/weight/capability, not number of engines.
Half of the Brasilian air force fast jet fleet is composed of twin engine fighter aircrafts.

Congrats on your most silly post yet :diablo:.

While the post was entirely silly i doubt that it can enter the “JSR top ten silliest posts”, he´s very prolific in “out of Mars texts”…