WOW, a bit of over reaction here. First off, the IOC for the Marines mandates basic CAS capability. Second, last I heard when this issue came up there was talk of a podded ROVER solution for the F-35B. The open architecture for the F-35 software does not clear up the current backlog of software to be developed and fight tested. What was the last time a fighter entered service with full mission capability and software developed? ( Rafale-no, Typhoon-no and still no, F-22- no and still no, Gripen-no, and NG? we shall see, F-18E/F?- first versions were not really an advance over F-18C) There is warranted criticism of the F-35, and then there is unrealistic expectations that no western fighter program in recent memory has met. Let’s look at baseline before calling in the torchlit hanging mob.
Edit- Halloweene, how secure are the transmissions from the downlink video?
You are probably right. Too touchy. I don’t know how it will work on F-35, Tyhoon P1Eb has rover capability through sniper pod, it is embedded on Rafale. This is not really a criticism on F-35 plane, but about its management. I won’t go further on that topic, poor personal experience.
Rover is encrypted (poorly, but who really needs encrypted coms in those situations? We have seen up to 8 airplanes (including drones) over a single zone in A’stan. And the Jtac had to manage that under fire… In the end everything ended up well, but there was a near miss due to JTAC stress between a plane and a reaper, and one 250 Kgs bomb was released on wrong coordinates due to faulty heitgh coordinates.
Several reasons to want to avoid probs.If F-35 2B has rover capability through a pod, nice to me.
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