"Tony Williams" wrote:
| Alan Minyard wrote in message
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| On 12 Dec 2003 12:51:59 -0800,
(Tony Williams) wrote:
|
| Chad Irby wrote in message
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| In article ,
| (Tony Williams) wrote:
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| We know the Mauser works, too - it's been in service in large
numbers
| for two decades. The initial assessments by the JSF team
concluded
| that the Mauser was the most cost-effective choice, and they
knew all
| about the GAU-12/U then.
|
| Part of that "cost effectiveness" appeared to be a lowball
pricing
| structure that fell through on closer examination.
|
| Do you have a source to support that? You may be right, but I like
to
| work on hard info rather than forum gossip.
|
| Tony Williams
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http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk
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|
| The Mouser was to be a completely new system, using linkless
ammunition.
| It has never been demonstrated, much less placed in service.
|
| The linkless feed was developed years ago and is used in the
| Eurofighter Typhoon installation, so is just about to enter service.
|
| So what have we determined?
|
| 1. The German Mauser BK 27 was selected by both Boeing and
| Lockheed-Martin over the GAU-12/U as the best and most cost-effective
| gun for the JSF (documented fact).

That isn't a documented fact. The documented fact is that the GAU-12/U
has just been selected as the best and most cost-effective gun for the
JSF in open competition with the BK 27 (the original selection of the BK
27 in 2000 was not an open competition) by LMT.