I think it is rather the state of France that play tough,
neither Dasssault or its sub contractors wants to carry on with Rafale in France, its unprofitable.
http://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeronautique-defense/20130919trib000786061/rafale-le-coup-de-blues-de-dassault-aviation.html

I don’t think that profitability is really the problem. I see those declarations more as a leverage action on the French government.

Goldust’s secret weapon:

Nah. His wouldn’t have such a simple decadent convergent inlet. Good only for the west. I guess he would hve modded it with some kind of DSI (I bet he as a good breath too!).

i love the part “google” on a prototype. Btw software isnt ready afaik. 3D thrust vectoring was originally planned asa Tranche 3 implementation, but lack of money… Which is a pity, it would have been a perfect add on to Typhoon aerodynamic formula (long arm moment canards)

Front landing gear is under air intakes good luck for reinforcing that (possible, but expensive), + all softwares to land on a deck + materials etc that must be resistent to corrosion + etc.
Possible? No doubt. Realistic? No. Considered by indian navy? In his dreams. And damn costly!

The “check your sources part is really funny, a classic 😉

Regarding the 117 (he argue that navalizing the 117 only required to add a hook), the naval version that was proposed to the navy required extensive modifications, to the point that you don’t really need to be an engineer to see that both were different design.

http://www.f-117a.com/af117x.html

As Tu22M has pointed out you clearly have little knowledge of European low observable programs such as the MBB Lampyridae.
Thus your simplistic position is understandable, if however clearly inaccurate to those with knowledge and a little understanding.

Edit: Whilst this page is from Wikipedia… a cursory glance shows 10 European designs out of 60 or 16% with 20 US designs or 33%. These are the ones that are acknowledged.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Stealth_aircraft
Thus 16% of all low observable platforms be they research or production have originated in Europe. Given these figures it is hard to be able to claim a European lack of interest or knowledge as your original post attempted to.
Sorry if this upsets you but i am fed up with throw away comments such as your original and subsequent which are clearly based on a lack of knowledge of the facts or poor understanding of those that are known.

Perhaps it would be better if you got used to basing your comments on factual data.

I mainly noted that adding another layer of insult without taking any responsibility of the former doesn’t bother you that much. Typical.

But if you can draw a conclusion after my 3 lines of aparté, what else can I say ?

I don’t dance.

Frankly I was going to delete my message. But since you quoted it… it’s too late!

IMOHO BiO quoted the article in this very topic (Syria) to give a hint of what kind of “strike” was envisioned for the Syrian crisis.

Industry concerned about US Navy UCLASS requirements

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-industry-concerned-about-us-navy-uclass-requirements-390817/

Interesting BiO but they might be some technical problem that prevents the usage of a flying wing concept on an aircraft carrier. A flying wing depends on its control overall surfaces to remain controllable regarding yaw and pitch. The larger the wing, the easier it is.

Late carrier testing MIGHT hve finger pointed this fact to the USN: the tech is not mature enough to safely land a small span flying wing on a carrier deck in adverse winds conditions. Those are only suppositions obviously. But if there is some truth in it, the logical choice would be to go for a more classical winged body, hence reducing the LO requirement that would hve no meaning with such config (winged body needs more RAM to complement their less LO shapes hence are heavier or carry less payload/range for a similar weight).

So let’s resume:

IF NOT safe_landing THEN
FlyingWing.cancel
WingedBody.create
IF Payload/range=priority then
LO = RelaxedLO
Else
//C’mon this is the 21st century USN!!!
goto line above
END IF
END IF

Note1: the Russian seems to work on a different concept with variable camber (the variable incidence test drone – early phase)
Note2: I am pretty sure that I hve seen moving wing tip in a picture you posted (Boeing)
Note3: there is some other solution to the prob
Note4: given that shape is all abt LO (not really but almost!), it might be too early to make a public release of the concept or mass produce in the eyes of all.
Note5: they might even get the Avenger as a smoke screen 😉

That looks like DSI on that belly radiator to me 😀

Yeah and with that logic, The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) is an enlarged Chinese engineered copy of Jenny Lopez ? 😉

Hallow, you’r right. WE time…