"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote:

Except that USN does not wish to participate in the F-35 procurement, in
favor of replacing the F/A-18As with robots. The USAF, however needs
the
F-35 to hedge their bet that the F-22 will ever be produced in any
numbers.

Oddly enough, the only person who seems to believe that the Navy wants
to give up on piloted planes in the near future is... well, Tarver.

Actually, the Navy has publicly told the Pentagon each year, for several
years, that they want to opt out of the F-35 at production. The reason the
Navy stays is for the USMC version, to support fixed wing Marine air.

As to the Navy giving up piloted aircraft, I have already posted to this
thread the 526 F/A-18 Super Bugs in the Navy pipeline; as well as noting how
very successful the Navy's integration of COTS for reliability has been.
The Super Bug is already battle tested.