Scaled composites was like Tessa/apple level of awesome.
It’s actually not that that cheap or capable. There’s a reason only super low end countries lease them.
Be nice to swap a laser into that spot.
Maybe but the A-10 is stupid slow. I think the confusion is in relation to the T-X program which does require supersonic and aerial refueling... neither of which the scorpion can do, thus it has not entered that contest.
The Scorpion is still a question mark on costs/performance... they have a prototype and that’s it.
F-35 will allow better targetting and realtime tracking of every soldier.
F-35 can do those things.
The F-35 is actually designed to be easier than any existing fighter to maintain. For example the Navy requires it to hit its RCS target even after being aboard ship for a deployment, the electro-hydraulics packs allow the doors/bays/cockpit/etc to be opened just by plugging in a Cat5 cable... no need to have a…
Awesome, I love learning new stuff and this site never lets me down. If you can describe any incidents... who/what/where/dose/procedures... type stuff I’m interested. When did these become common? What’s the range?