The end game is when we have a program that can only afford to build one airplane and it will be so expensive we won't allow it to be flown, and even if we did we could not afford to maintain it.
The whole model is nonsense. We need a lot of a cheaper aircraft-something that costs no more than a Gulfstream IV-and keep updating its electronic systems on a continuing basis.
Plot out the costs of fighter aircraft vs. the price of a Cadillac from 1935 to today and the issue will become apparent.
The whole model is nonsense. We need a lot of a cheaper aircraft-something that costs no more than a Gulfstream IV-and keep updating its electronic systems on a continuing basis.
Plot out the costs of fighter aircraft vs. the price of a Cadillac from 1935 to today and the issue will become apparent.