The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

[dapaterson]

Imagine if the prototype had performed as well as the pretty future pictures….

Is this a future fighter thread or a Cyclone thread?

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Interesting, very interesting..

CAE and Saab agree Gripen training and mission support framework for Canada, linking fighter offer to local industrial capability

CAE and Saab have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on advanced training, simulation and mission support for the Gripen fighter aircraft in Canada.

defence-industry.eu

 

[KevinB]

Imagine if the prototype had performed as well as the pretty future pictures….

There is some conjecture that the prototypes never really got tested.

Boeing also had the potential to be better at mass production than Lockheed.

Boeing had way too many irons in the fire at that point in time to do much.

In the end, we'll never know.

We may never know on the F-47 either.
If it flies, or if it dies.

 

[lenaitch]

Y'know,

A deep thought part of me wondered a while back if the X-32 was really all that bad...

The funny chin scoop and Delta wing was not going to be how the aircraft would look in the final design form.

If Boeing had actually won, they'd have had separate tail plane, and a nicer looking ventral intake.

Boeing also had the potential to be better at mass production than Lockheed.

In the end, we'll never know.

If I recall correctly, the prototype acquired the nickname Monica Lewinski.

 

[Swampbuggy]

If I recall correctly, the prototype acquired the nickname Monica Lewinski.

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Yeah, if they made a demo team fly them they could have been the “Blue Dresses”….