Citat:F-35A AF-1 With Weapons Marks
F-35A AF-1 flying from Edwards AFB, California, in late August 2013. Markings next to canopy show total weapon separation tests for each type of weapon.
Jos jedan nov je poleteo....F-35A AF-31(11-5020)
NAS Fort Worth-Texas-07/09/2013
Photo by Carl Richards.
Dopuna: 12 Sep 2013 20:04
Citat:British Pilot & Maintainer Test F-35B on USS Wasp
Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Jim Schofield and Lieutenant Commander Robin Trewinnard-Boyle of the Royal Navy discuss the F-35B's performance during ship suitability testing onboard the USS Wasp in August 2013.
Citat:The Defense Department next year plans to spend $8.4 billion to buy 29 F-35s, including 19 for the Air Force, six for the Marine Corps, and four for the Navy. The funding includes $6.4 billion in procurement, $1.9 billion in research and development, and $187 million in spare parts.
Mnogo bre je porasla cena (290 milki $) od prvobitno obećanih do 80 mil. $ za avion.
Novi, ambiciozan sistem za menadžment flote
Citat:But a lesser known factor in the success or failure of fielding these first squadrons is implementation of a new fleet-wide information support system. Just as the F-35 program broke ground to standardize an aircraft design for three U.S. services and eight international partners, the Autonomic Information Logistics System (ALIS) also reflects a new way of managing a fleet. And, in the case of the F-35, it is a multinational fleet that will share global resources.
The $448 million cost of developing ALIS is dwarfed by the price to procure it for the more than 3,000 F-35s in the plan: about $1 billion. If the aircraft were akin to smartphones, the ALIS system would be the operating system and applications needed by users. The two are enmeshed and both are required for fielding.
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