Lockheed Wins JSV
Freakster
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Yeff
Freakster<jrc...@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in
us.military.army:
> Actual news, as opposed to made up news
You included a typo. It's actually the
JSF (Joint Strike Fighter). See
http://www.jast.mil/
-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com
RTO Trainer
"Freakster" <jrc...@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Actual news, as opposed to made up news
>
>
>
these soon.)
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense
No. 543-01
(703)697-5131(media)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 26, 2001
(703)697-5737(public/industry)
JSF CONTRACTOR AWARD
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics Edward C. "Pete" Aldridge Jr. announced this afternoon
the decision to proceed with the Joint Strike Fighter program.
This approval will move the program to the next phase, the
System Development and Demonstration phase. The Secretary of
the Air Force James G. Roche announced the selection of Lockheed
Martin teamed with Northrop Grumman and BAE to develop and then
produce the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft. The contract,
for $18,981,928,201, will produce aircraft to be used by the
U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marines, as well as the United
Kingdom's Royal Air Force and Navy.
Also, Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn.,
has been awarded a contract for more than $4 billion to develop
the F135 propulsion system. This contract will cover ground and
flight testing and production qualification of the Pratt &
Whitney propulsion system.
The Joint Strike Fighter acquisition strategy also calls for the
development of two propulsion systems. The Pratt & Whitney
system will compete, in production, with one developed by the
team of General Electric and Rolls Royce. GE/RR are expected to
receive a contract for the next phase of development of that
system in the next few weeks. The P&W and GE/RR engines will be
physically and functionally interchangeable in both the aircraft
and support systems. All JSF aircraft variants will be able to
use either engine. The competition starts in fiscal 2011 and
continues through the life of the program to reduce risks.
The Joint Strike Fighter is a multi-Service/international
cooperation warplane. The cornerstone of the program is
affordability based on a next-generation, multi-role strike
fighter aircraft that will have a 70 to 90 percent commonality
factor for all the variants, significantly reducing
manufacturing, support and training costs. First delivery of
operational aircraft is anticipated in fiscal 2008.
During this Systems Development and Demonstration phase, the
program will focus on developing a family of strike aircraft
that significantly reduces life-cycle cost, while meeting the
operational requirements for the Services. The requirements
represent a balanced approach to affordability, lethality,
survivability and supportability. The program will use a phased
block approach that addresses aircraft and weapons integration
and provides a validated and verified air system for the Service
Initial Operational Capability requirements. Also during this
phase of the contract Lockheed Martin teamed with Northrop
Grumman and BAE will implement innovative management and
business practices focusing on achieving affordable unit flyaway
costs and reduced life-cycle cost for future production of the
Joint Strike Fighter.
The source selection culminates a highly successful joint
process with the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and United
Kingdom Ministry of Defence. A number of agreements between
the U.S. and foreign governments are in place for this phase of
the program.
The United Kingdom became a full collaborative partner in the
program in 1995. Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands, Canada and
Italy subsequently joined the program as cooperative partners.
Singapore, Turkey and Israel are foreign military sales
participants for this phase. The United Kingdom has signed an
agreement to participate in the System Development and
Demonstration (SDD) phase of the program. Agreements with
additional countries for SDD participation are in progress.
For the U.S. Navy, the JSF will be used in a "first day" of war,
as a survivable strike fighter aircraft to complement F/A-18E/F.
The U.S. Air Force will employ it as a multirole aircraft,
primary-air-to-ground, which will replace the F-16 and A-10 and
to complement the F-22. The Marine Corps will use the Short
Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant of the aircraft to
replace the AV-8B and F/A-18A/C/D. The United Kingdom's Royal
Navy and Royal Air Force multirole aircraft will replace the Sea
Harrier and GR7.
Additional information on the Joint Strike Fighter Program can
be found on the web at http://www.jast.mil. Further information
on the contract announcement can be accessed at
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2001/c10262001_ct544-01.html.
RSHaas
built.
RTO Trainer
"RSHaas" <rsh...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> That's good news for future payrolls in the Atlanta area where the JSF
will be
> built.
Atlanta?
Try Ft. Worth.
Will Ryan
possibilities for Marietta, Ga, however. The center fuselage of the F-22
(1/3 of the value of the plane), currently being produced in Ft. Worth,
could move to Marietta, and part of the JSF production could be sourced in
Marietta.
Will
N9NWO
I do not remember, but what was the difference
between the Boeing and Lockheed designs?
As I remember, Lockheed had some rather
new ideas while Boeing was far more traditional.
Freakster
"N9NWO" <21...@gte.net> wrote in message news:3BDD7207...@gte.net...
> > Actual news, as opposed to made up news
> >
> > --
> > F
> > 11B10 ... soon to be a 46Q10
> > 1/4 INF (SEP), Hohenfels (OPFOR), FRG (92-96)...
>
> I do not remember, but what was the difference
> between the Boeing and Lockheed designs?
>
The Boeing one looked stupid.
F
Yeff
N9NWO<21...@gte.net> wrote in
us.military.army:
> As I remember, Lockheed had some rather
> new ideas while Boeing was far more traditional.
There was nothing traditional about either
design though the Lockmart STOVL variant
was considered the riskiest of the ventures.
Lockmart's uses a shaft-driven lift-fan
while Boeing's model used directed thrust.
While the complexity and battle-damage
survivability of Lockmart's solution is
still very much in question, one of its
benefits is much cooler operating temper-
atures during near-ground hovers. This
is important as these aircraft will be
operating off of ships and anything that
helps the decks wear better after multiple
launches and recovery will save the USN/RN
money. FAS has a graphic that shows the
two concepts:
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/jsf.htm
Current wisdom seems to agree that the main
reason Lockmart won was because it was the
closest to what a production model would
look like. While the were both X aircraft
it was never a secret that both entries were
being treated more as prototypes rather than
experimental designs. The Boeing production
model wasn't supposed to look much like the
pregnant guppy X-32 that was trialed for the
competition while the Lockmart X-35 is said
to be pretty indictative of what a production
JSF will look like.
Now that the JSF design has been chosen, the
big news is that Pentagon briefers have referred
to it as the F-35. I can recall previous official
references to the upcoming JSF as the F-24 (which
makes sense as the Raptor is the F-22 which beat
out the YF-23 for the Air Force's ATF competition).
There's no clue yet whether is is another mistake
like when President Johnson called Lockheeds new
spyplane the SR-71 instead of its original designation,
RS-71. SR-71 stuck and it became official. There
have been no aircraft to take numbers 24-34 so calling
the JSF the F-35 makes no sense. But that seems to
be what has happened.
RTO Trainer
The Boeing X-32 looks like the Phantom Cruiser from the old Space Ghost
cartoon.
RTO Trainer
The Boeing X-32 looks like the Phantom Cruiser from the old Space Ghost
cartoon.
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