From Janes JSF security technology costing up to US$1bn By Bill Sweetman Up to US$1 billion of the projected cost overrun on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is attributable to the development of 'anti-tamper' (AT) technology to protect stealth features on the JSF, together...

Hi All Theres speculation that Qatar is looking to replace its Mirage 2000-5 with something else, they hope to sell the Mirages to India. Gripen Eurofighter F16's have been mentioned.

Hi All Two Eurofighter Typhoons are now in Singapore after a 13,000km trip, the aircraft are to be evaluated by Singapore and are in competition with the F15T and the Rafale. The F15T and the Rafale have been flown already, the Typhoons evaluation will be over the next two weeks, the price...

Hi all more JSF delays... See:- http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/06144wna.xml F-35 In-Service Dates Slide By Robert Wall 06/13/2004 08:29:39 PM "Top Pentagon officials are about to consider a new course for the

The F/A-22 program has managed to get 22 Raptors bugeted. The Senate committee's bill authorizes $3.4 billion to buy 22 F/A Raptor aircraft, Down from the 24 wanted by the Whitehouse, Congressional defenders of the Georgia made F/A-22 Raptor face another fight to get its production numbers...

Hi I just heard the F/A-22 is getting 10.8 hours before software problems, this is almost double the requirement for IOE&T, the major blue screen problem hasn't happened in over 1000 hours of flight. Anyone have a proper link to this story, or any other background. Cheers John Cook

Hi All In an almost futile effort to get some aviation related stuff back on RAM.....Here goes... Both Italy and the UK are planning to use both the JSF and the Eurofighter, AIUI the thinking behind this is that the Eurofighter Typhoon is more AtoA and the JSF F-35 is more AtoG, having two...

Hi All Heres something from Reuters... "U.S. arms giant Lockheed Martin Corp , which made the F-16s, was accused by Norwegian politicians of failing to hand out enough sub-contracts to Norwegian firms under a plan to develop a new generation fighter.

http://www.f-22raptor.com/ Not covered up , what is it? ballistic test rig??, Traing airframe??. A cheap tarpaulin would have been better than relying on its inherent stealth.:-) Cheers John Cook

Hi The http://www.airpower.at/flugzeuge/eurofighter/daten.htm site states the Typhoon can cruise at 1500m at Mach .9 and uses 85Kg of fuel per minute. Now the SFC has been stated 23g/kN.s. With reheat 49g/kN.s Now from this I have scribble together the thrust needed to fly the the above speed as...

CANBERRA, April 16 (Reuters) "Australia selected Airbus parent EADS on Friday to supply tanker aircraft worth US$1.5 billion, moving to extend its military reach and boosting the Franco-German company's efforts to develop its arms business. Three months after beating Boeing Co (BA.N: Quote,...

Hi all My friend has sent me an interesting page from a mag, The front page is missing but the author is :- C Lyons - 10200 N VIRGINIA ST, RENO, NV 89506 Phone: (775) 677-1101 I just scanned a picture in it.........., it shows two interesting

see http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/03224wna.xml cheers John Cook Any spelling mistakes/grammatic errors are there purely to annoy. All opinions are mine, not TAFE's however much they beg me for them.

Hi all Just saw this and it peaked my interest.. "The New Air Superiority Benchmark Thursday the 19th of February 2004 will mark the day when the undisputed king of air superiority had to surrender its thirty-year crown to a newcomer. It happened over the skies of Windermere, in the

What will the US use? There is obviously a operational need for an attack helicopter. How about licensed production of the Tigre!! I can't imaging the Apache being current in a very few years, not without major upgrades... Cheers

Hi all Can anyone point to a picture where the Eurofighter Typhoon can carry 2x wing fuel tanks and 2x Storm Shadow missiles. All I have seen is little diagrams depicting this setup, but I have my doubts that the 5.2 meter length of the Storm Shadow can be accomodated on the inner wing pylon...

Hi All I was just looking at the weight of the JSF, considering it was slated to be around 25,000lbs it was considered a light weight fighter and a suitable replacement for the F16, Hornet, something in the Corsair A-7 mold. Now it seems it firmly entered the Heavy weight division!. The...

Hi all I have just heard on the radio that Australia is to scrap its fleet of F111's... Not surprising really they did cost quite a bit to run. Cheers John Cook

Singapore has down selected the F15, Rafale and the Eurofighter typhoon for their next generation fighter.... The F16, F18E/f and Sukhoi Su-30MK were rejected. "Asked how the final three were chosen, Mindef said it had looked at several factors like operational performance, the availability...

F-15 Crashes In Rural Virginia Pilots Parachute To Safety POSTED: 7:14 pm EDT May 6, 2004 UPDATED: 10:03 pm EDT May 6, 2004 CALLAWAY, Va. -- An F-15E fighter jet on a training flight crashed Thursday afternoon several miles west of Rocky Mount, military and Franklin County authorities said. Two...