JSF contract winner announcement
Hey all. Looks like the winner of the JSF contract is announced today by the Pentagon, @2100 GMT
Lockheed Martin is tipped to win apparently. I hope they do, the Boeing proposal looks like crap. It's also better for the British aerospace industry, since BAE Systems (formerly British Aerospace I believe, but they might just be a subsidiary) has a 15% stake in the Lockheed project compared to 10% in Boeing's.
For the BBC version of the story (it makes a big deal of the British involvement but still has the relevant info), look here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/bus...00/1619856.stm
I found the link! The going vertical video is the best IMO.
Re: I found the link! The going vertical video is the best IMO.
That link doesn't work for me, it times out :( Maybe Lockheed's server got hosed from too many hits? I can just about get the front page of the site, but it doesn't load completely and there's lots of broken links & pics. Anybody else having more success?
It's weird to think of the JSF doing the job of the FA-18, the A-10 and the F-16. They seem to have such different tactical roles, especially the Warthog.
Re: Re: I found the link! The going vertical video is the best IMO.
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Originally posted by HarryW
That link doesn't work for me, it times out :( Maybe Lockheed's server got hosed from too many hits? I can just about get the front page of the site, but it doesn't load completely and there's lots of broken links & pics. Anybody else having more success?
It's weird to think of the JSF doing the job of the FA-18, the A-10 and the F-16. They seem to have such different tactical roles, especially the Warthog.
Aha, the link works now :)