http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-airforce-orders-idUSKCN0HJ0P620140924

How do you reach the conclusion that F-35 is more expensive than the Typhoon/Rafale? Has the Euro/USD exchange rate changed that much since 2014?

Because Eurofighter offered a full 1/3 more airframes of an evolved aircraft for roughly the same amount of money.

Also, the F-35 price for F-35 ordered today will be lower than the price for Korea back in 2014.

Nope, thats dependent on the production date of the aircraft, not the year of contract signing.

Wow who’d think this would be signed before the Indian MMRCA deal!!.

Naughty…

This gives roughly two more years of work to the production line.

Eurofighter confirms:
https://www.eurofighter.com/news-and-events/2016/04/kuwait-signs-contract-for-the-delivery-of-28-eurofighter-typhoons

Oh, i think the biggest problem that the AT-6 faces in terms of exports its called “Super Tucano” and “Air Tractor”, not State Department Restrictions.

Sounds like it’s the UK paying for the US to be able to extend their surveillance capabilities ?

?!
In what way a fleet of RAF P-8’s extend the US (vast) surveillance capabilities?
And does that mean that the Indian Navy 312 Sqn is actually an extension of the US Navy?

Typhoon not so, unless something dramatic happens, although an MLU will be on the cards by then too.

With today´s orders Typhoon production run will end by 2018, if Kuwait signs that will throw the production line to 2020/2021, that would mate seamlessly with a possible RCAF order (not gonna happen).

Fighter Uncertainty Already Affecting Canadian Industry

http://aviationweek.com/defense/fighter-uncertainty-already-affecting-canadian-industry

I wonder if economic order quantity funding is funding provided by government with zero interest. That would distort the true cost but I have a feeling it would be reported that the cost of the F-35 had fallen (without saying it was due to government subsidy).

I have this feeling that someday we are going to see the JSF in Canadian colours (that or the SH)…

Protectionism is keeping products out of a countries domestic market. US blocking export of Gripen has nothing to do with protectionism.

Off course, your rant has nothing to do with the competition that SAAB has been doing with Lockheed and Boeing, and your problem with that particular aircraft has nothing to do with protecting LM´s and Boeing´s exports… Right

If Brazil was responsible for the equipment sourcing choices then a dual message should be sent to both Saab and Brazil by blocking Gripen exports.

GE can go to hell as well by the way they’re not really an american company anymore.

Warn the State Dpt they didnt get your memo.

It will be up to Saab to prove that it isn’t case to the US government when they ask for export permission.

Something that they have been doing for decades and have absolutely no problems with it. The US Government doesnt seem to agree with you! What a surprise, eh?
A citizen of the US, the biggest weapons exporter on the planet asking for proteccionism and stoping exports of engines to friendly western Countries… Rich…