News talking abt SG buying JSF is surfacing again. Last time,it
was reportered
SG buy 100
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
Before i talk about JSF, Let me review F 22 very
briefly.
It was declared "achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC)
in December 2005.13
" Can all the learned military nuts here tell me if it is
unusual
to delay FOC for so long?a good 4 years!
2. Pl be reminded that USA still use the concepts of IOC and
FOC!!
3. Can any one tell me what is the technology used in F 22?
It takes good 15 years from industry prototype to IOC!!
Year 1990's technology or 2000 or else? Is the CPU a 486 or a P4
or better?
4. Capital and operating Costs, etc are also a concern.
5. The cease of new contract to build new F 22 speak volume
for
the US DOD's assessment on this plane!
6. Before u suggest SG shall buy JSF, Pl read and think
more abt F 22.
QUOTE--page 7
Program Origin and Milestones
The F-22 program was initiated in the early 1980s with the aim of
developing a highly capable successor to the F-15 that would be
capable of defeating all known and projected enemy fighters,
including those being developed at the time by the Soviet
Union.10
The F-22 program was given Milestone I approval in October
1986.
The first flight of an F-22 industry prototype occurred in
August 1990,11 and
the first flight of a development version of the aircraft
occurred in September
1997.12
The program was granted approval for Low Rate Initial Production
(LRIP) in August
2001, and the first LRIP F-22 was delivered in June 2003. The F-22
achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in December
2005.13--EOQ
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL31673.pdf
Report for Congress
Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress
Air Force F-22 Fighter Program:
Background and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke
Specialist in Naval Affairs
September 11, 2009,
Congressional Research Service
7-5700
www.crs.gov
RL31673
hnh
1. recent SG JSF deal news.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/980315.html
2.SG interested 100 JSF.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-35-int.htm
mkj