@maus92

What rock have you been under… Graham Warwick reported on the STOVL inlet door issue at the beginning of October.

You want future radar… here you go.

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:62fe66c0-4849-4400-8e99-07a3847f3549

Time until we get accurate LRIP IV pricing….. ie FY2012 budget release.

Yeah, I know… it should say FY2012. That’s what I get for doing it at 2 am.

Mod Edit: No hot linking, thanks.

F-35As that have the probe installed still retain their boom receptacle.

There are several things to consider and unfortunately we will not know the answer till Feb.

1. Is the $111.6 million F-35A price the total price for the equipment specified? In other words, does it take into account the long lead items.

2. We know that the above number includes more than what is included in the flyaway price.

These per-unit target costs include some ancillary items not directly associated with building production aircraft, such as testing instrumentation equipment, says Tom Burbage, Lockheed Martin executive vice president and general manager for F-35.

3. The LRIP IV F135 should be around $13 million. It was $14.3 in the FY2010 docs before the F136 funds were added. Figure a 10% discount off of that.

I stand corrected……….I didn’t know it was planned on any Landbased F-35A. As I would told sometime back that only the F-35B&C would be so equipped?!?!?

LM confirmed the capability to put the probe on the F-35A and that Canada is interested.

“The airplane design can accommodate both refueling systems,” said Burbage. “Canada has asked us to look at putting the navy refueling system in the airplane and the air force refueling system is already in it. So it gives you a very high degree of flexibility if that’s the way it goes. You’ll be able to use all of your tankers; your probe and drogue and your receptacle-type refueling systems.

“We’ve always had the space to put the navy system in the air force airplane,” he added. “We’ve always expected that a number of the international partners who use probe and drogue-type systems would want the navy system in an air force airplane. That’s not hard for us to do.”

http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/defencewatch/archive/2010/07/28/how-will-canada-do-mid-air-refueling-on-the-joint-strike-fighter.aspx

Your forgetting that the price above does not include the engine or liftfan.

The liftfan adds 15-20 million to the price of the B that is offset somewhat by the increase in materials in the C.