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Did he have anything to say about the lack of headroom in the back for techs and the lack of upper window in the cockpit?

We got that.... we've had that for seven years. The Next Generation Fighter's costing from 2010-2014 is still accurate, if not higher than what it actually is because of several cost reduction efforts like the upcoming batch buy...

That's incorrect. Our aerospace/defence industry is far more exposed to Boeing than the UK, who is highly integrated into Airbus. This isn't just about the Former Shorts facilities in Belfast for the Tories/DUP coalition... its also about supporting Airbus who have been penalized by the same...

Why? so we can pay 125+ million flyaway, for a capability that is less interoperable in NORAD, and has the same, if not more limitations than the Super Hornet? And to get basically 20 year old technology, when we're already working with the JSF program, which gives us access to cutting edge...

Oh shit, you're right, sorry. Brain fart there... I was thinking about something else.

Initially China Lake. Will eventually be transferred to Cold Lake.

You do realize that those aircraft are basically seen as junk at this stage, and EADS is being sued by the Austrian government for fraud and corruption relating to their sale? I mean what government would saddle its forces with substandard equipment when it had better, cheaper options...

So to answer your question, I can't think of an instance where a serving CF personnel member wrote an academic paper that was heavily critical of existing government policy. I can think of a couple of cases where an individual wrote a paper that emphasized a particular policy preference, or...

I think you see a similar discussions in theory emanating in the US over Mattis's appointment as SecDef. However I think the problem actually has manifested consequences that are the opposite of what the concerns are in the United States. This minister has presided over one of the poorest...

I'm pretty sure in public. There's been a "role inflation" that has been going on for quite awhile.

This wasn't the first time he said it.

From what I hear, that's exactly what's going on. As is apparent in other areas of war, sensors are vastly improving in their ability to do work. However its just going to cost more to do it on the 295, because it has performance limitations that will require those capabilities more than the...

The operational radius with 4500 lbs internal ordinance (basically two 2000lbs JDAMs and 2 -120s) is 625 Nautical miles... with lets say 1000lbs (4 Aim-120s) it would be closer to 700nm. Also remember that with sensor fusion, the detection and tracking ability of the F-35 is significantly...

So... I wrote my post because I was pretty confident that Leonardo was going to protest this. Yet of course JMT, in his infinite wisdom at the time knew better. Will you admit that you were wrong?

Complete and utter BS. This post shows just how ignorant you actually are about any of this. Do you know what Redflag is? Here, go and read this book (which was on the CSAF reading list this year), and learn a bit before coming and talking about this. What excuse are you going to give at the...

There isn't one. People are scrambling to make this work, but the very clear strictures won't let them. The pilot training pipeline, which the RCAF has tried to fix a number of times, can't be increased. The contract cannot be easily modified, and there is no more budget to purchase additional...

Ah no, Its considered "ready for combat." It has passed USAF and USMC IoC. Those are not insignificant milestones. With Block II and Block IIIF, it is significantly more capable than the F/A-18E will ever be. Last month it went to Red Flag, the US Military's premier operational...

So it doesn't really affect us. No matter what, it will take us 24 months at a minimum from contract signature to the first delivery of aircraft. We will go through the traditional FMS process (if we go DCMS that is will be an epic disaster), which will entail US congressional appropriations...

Oh, I can tell you why the hostility is occurring. On several occasions I've explained a why he's incorrect on a point or position, and his near constant response when he's cornered is to say "oh but you've misunderstood what I said" when clearly he was intimating a specific point. Then he has...

To be fair, the actual procurement phase started in 2006 with the establishment of the Next Generation Fighter Capability Office. Before that point Canada's participation in the JSF program was largely focused on keeping Canada abreast of developments in the project and (much more importantly)...