It seems I did not make myself clear enough. In any give FY, the price given for the FUC (Flyaway Unit Cost) is only an estimation. The real cost is not known for two more years as all the bills come in.

The FY2007 F-35As (2 units) were ordered at $243.6 mil, but the final price (after all the bills came in after two years) was $229.6 mil.

The FY2008 F-35As (6 units) were ordered at $200.1 and ended up two years later at $179.9 million.

The FY2009 F-35As (7 units) were ordered at $211.7 and ended up two years later at $208.9 million.

As you can see, in each and every one of the 3 early LRIPs, they were produced for less than what they were ordered for.

It can carry the JSOW internally and Norway’s JSM is being certified for internal carrige.

I am hoping that he is speaking of each bay instead of total internal.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed waiting for a clarification from Stephen Tremble (the interviewer).

Here is the quote from the last few seconds of the video.

Which shows you can actually get 4 Meteors in the bay on both the STOVL and CTOL version

As I said in a previous post, in 2013 the F 22 will receive a full Link 16 (MIDS) capabilty, instead the present receiver-only.

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2009/07/if-the-us-air-force.html

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/air-forces-universal-translator-has-everybody-talking/

In late June, the Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $280-million contract to install a range of electronic systems on three Bombardier business jets and two RQ-4 drones. Collectively, the installed systems are known as Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN. (Yes, that’s pronounced “bacon.”)

Read More http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/air-forces-universal-translator-has-everybody-talking/#ixzz0eV6quRla

The F-22 is not getting transmit Link 16, only MADL.

But MADL would replace the IFDL, so are there no plans to replace the F-22’s JTIDS?

No, it is an addition to, not a replacement for, existing F-22 systems.

Nope. It’s just a jet vane control to work in complement to aerodynamic controls.

Um, jet vane control is TVC. There was a youtube video (which I cannot find ATM) that showed a rear view while doing ice trials. The TVC properties of the Aim-9X were clearly evident.

The F-22 is getting MADL, not Link16.

MADL is directional and Ku-band, not L-band so the PAK FA’s L-Band antennas are useless to intercept or jam the datalink.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/15/325156/usaf-selects-datalink-to-bridge-communications-gap-between-f-22-and.html

Integrating the Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) by 2015 should solve two embarrassing gaps in the USAF’s airborne network. The F-22 lacks a multi-platform datalink and F-22 and Lockheed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilots would be unable to talk or share information with each other.

Lockheed’s MADL is a Ku-band datalink that is unlikely to be intercepted or detected by the enemy. While Link 16 or TTNT broadcasts its signal, MADL transmits a narrowbeam using a “daisy chain system”, Therrian says. The first aircraft sends the directional signal to a second aircraft, then to a third aircraft, and so on.

A better pun would be that they Bottled Heinz up in another office.

Will they do a “visual” RCS mapping of it, and of the F-22, like they did with the F-35?