I wonder to what extent the UCLASS could fill some of the roles of the hawkeye. The hawkeye is not stealthy at all so it would be detected from very far and would give away the approximate location of the carrier group.

A stealthy UCLASS would also have the capability of entering enemy airspace with a strike package and give 360 degrees situational awareness during the attack.

Wouldn’t it make sense for the USN to reduce the number of E-2s and focus more on a stealthy design for the UCLASS?

They have:

Along with airborne test with ASRAAM (not separation yet)

That may be true but are we sure it is not a pit test? I am a bit skeptical because there has not been any pic and video released.

All Block 2B Weapons Test complete

Right but as far as I understand, block 2b testing does not include external JDAMs and GBU12 release, they have done only the flutter tests so far. The pdf I posted before about weapon integration is not very clear as to whether there will be external weapons activated for block 2b or 3i.

Unless the KPP´s are upgraded (the document is still a draft), yes its sure.
On that second link, the fbo link, on the bottom, there´s a downloable doc (an excell) that describes the KPP/KSA/APA/HSI that are required, the radar “capability” is described on KSA5:

Its a simulator, not a real radar. Thats the common method/system used by almost everyone who has bought advanced jet trainers for quite some time.

Cheers

Ok, thanks for the clarification.

Too much inbreeding doesn’t help either…

http://dcgazette.com/muslim-inbreeding-may-genetic-catastrophe/#

And one has to wonder if the problems of development in muslim countries are not due to that, at least in part. Trying to help these countries seems pretty useless unless they pass laws to forbid inbreeding. The jihadists, talibans etc… are probably inbred mental retards. And trying to build schools, help their economy, build democracies etc is unlikely to work if their population is half retarded.

The percentage of inbreds depends on the country, but what has the impact been after dozens of generations?
http://www.barnhardt.biz/the-one-about/the-one-about-muslims-being-inbred/

Algeria: 22.6%
Bahrain: 39.4%
Egypt (North): 20.9%
Egypt (Nubia-South): 60.5%
Iraq: 47.0%
Jordan: 28.5%
Kuwait: 22.5%
Lebanon: 12.8%
Libya: 48.4%
Mauritania: 47.2%
Morocco: 19.9%
Oman: 56.3%
Palestine: 17.5%
Qatar: 54.0%
Saudi Arabia: 42.1%
Sudan: 44.2%
Syria: 30.3%
Tunisia: 20.1%
United Arab Emirates: 40.0%
Yemen: 40.0%

http://defense-update.com/20150116_f35_weapons_tested.html#.VLlHjTgtG1s

JPO update on weapon certification.

It is surprising that they have not released pictures and videos of F-35 with SDBs. I have the impression that the journalist is mistaken between tests of GBU-39s and GBU-12s.

And AFAIK, the AIM-9X integration is for block 3F, not block 2B:
dtic.mil/ndia/2012annual_psr/WERTH.pdf

You have to think about the support costs, as well. How much would it cost to refurbish those radars & keep them working, & how would that compare to the cost of a basic new set such as Vixen 500E? IIRC one of the reasons why US Customs and Border Protection replaced secondhand APG-66s in their patrol aircraft with Vixen 500E was expected lifetime cost, it being expected to be much cheaper to maintain.

AESAs are said to be significantly cheaper to operate, so indeed this has to be taken into account, although I don’t think a trainer would really need a high performance radar. We will see if they want a radar in the TX.

I wonder, couldn’t they reuse old APG-68s from the retired F-16s for basic air defense roles. Maybe the FA-50 could be equipped with it with minor modifications. It would be great if the trainer had an air to air capability for air policing at minimum cost.

We have to be much tougher with naturalisation laws and we should use the laws to remove our nationality in case of extremist individuals.

There is a lot of propaganda that we should refrain from islamophobia, that 99.99% of muslim can integrate in our countries bla bla… This is balloney. Check these stats:
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/opinion-polls.htm

41% of british muslims want the sharia in the UK.
Pew Research (2007): 26% of younger Muslims in America believe suicide bombings are justified.
35% of young Muslims in Britain believe suicide bombings are justified (24% overall).
42% of young Muslims in France believe suicide bombings are justified (35% overall).
22% of young Muslims in Germany believe suicide bombings are justified.(13% overall).
29% of young Muslims in Spain believe suicide bombings are justified.(25% overall).

Pew Research (2007): 5% of American Muslims have a favorable view of al-Qaeda (27% can’t make up their minds). Only 58% reject al-Qaeda outright.

etc etc…

The enemy is within us, the number is growing, it doesn’t bode well to say the least.