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| What will it be, JSF, Eurofighter, Gripen, Rafale ??? (continuation) | ||
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| Our former status report in 'Piloot en Vliegtuig' (above) also on this site. | ||
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| This month's magazine: The article as well as Hans Heerkens reflections part-2 ! | ||
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| Get a good impression of the present status, and expectations for the future. | ||
| Though unlikely, you never know if a government will make a sudden unexpected choice. | ||
| As long as the JSF is not the overall definite choice, it's all open still. Eurofighter ? Gripen ? | ||
| Or... endlife update for the Fighting Falcon ?? It's crisis you know .......... | ||
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'PILOOT EN VLIEGTUIG' MAGAZINE - March 2013 |
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Februari 2013 will bring
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| 2012. A crucial year for the JSF, the promising program is now being observed with mixed feelings by the various partners | ||
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| Lockheed Martin tests and informs, but the program is not running smoothly | ||
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| Not to say unfortunate, ast the F-35B STOVL is grounded momentarily due to problems with the 'vertical' systems. | ||
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| Ofcourse testing and improving will go on, to have the F-35B land on carrier platforms. | ||
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| Above some details of the JSF, the engine is common for all the variuos types. | ||
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| As for the Dutch: It will still take some time between this animation and the real flights over The Netherlands | ||
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| If the JSF can deliver what it is designed for, it's a 'hell of a machine' ! | ||
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| Much depends on the delivery time of Lockheed Martin, to avoid costly upgrades after too late (years) deliveries. | ||
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| It was recently reported that a Turkish decision to purchase the aircraft has been postponed | ||
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| In case the numbers (sale) will firmly decrease that will implicate that the price per aircraft will rise | ||
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| In particular the development of software is dramatically behind schedule and it looks like becoming the big bottleneck. | ||
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| However testing and flying continues, and several clients are informed and consulted. | ||
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| A view of a test ramp, jet engine blasts registered by dozens of sensors. | ||
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| This test-pilot doesn't seem to have any problems flying the brandnew fifth generation aircraft ! | ||
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| The future of this plane depends on the succes of testing, delivering and how the crisis in Europe will proceed | ||
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| Time
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in any case the U.S.
Congress passes an important mark. |
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| Take a close look again: It will still take some time before we can admire our roundels on JSF's over The Netherlands ! | ||
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| Our special thanks go to Lockheed Martin, allowing us to show these pictures to the readers in Status reports 2011 / 2013 | ||
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Article in English |
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Artikel in het Nederlands |
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| Please read our disclaimer mainpage left | ||
JSF STATUS REPORT THE NETHERLANDS