6th Generation Fighters Projects

Musashi_kenshin

Musashi_kenshin

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John Fedup said:
Perhaps Canada and Australia should throw some money into GCAP in exchange for some of the UK's delivery slots.
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Somehow I don't think that parliamentary procedures would allow it. You can't just sign a contract for tens of billions of dollars without some sort of legislative approval or at least departmental contract being awarded.

If the UK tried to collapse GCAP, the government would be dragged down by the unions. They've made it clear they see GCAP as a red line and something they won't allow to be cancelled. We might see some sort of mutual agreement that the UK gets later jet deliveries so doesn't have to stump up as much money early on, but outright cancellation is unlikely.
 
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John Fedup

John Fedup

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Musashi_kenshin said:
Somehow I don't think that parliamentary procedures would allow it. You can't just sign a contract for tens of billions of dollars without some sort of legislative approval or at least departmental contract being awarded.

If the UK tried to collapse GCAP, the government would be dragged down by the unions. They've made it clear they see GCAP as a red line and something they won't allow to be cancelled. We might see some sort of mutual agreement that the UK gets later jet deliveries so doesn't have to stump up as much money early on, but outright cancellation is unlikely.
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Understood, cancellation and workshare are not on the table, perhaps in the distant future wrt the latter. I see GCAP as an alternative long term option for the RCAF, perhaps sooner given the endless upgrade delays with the F-35 and the eroding US-Canada relationship.
 
Terran

Terran

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Well at the time and even today the optimization of Stealth is vs X Band Radars. The Russo and Chinese have tried to counter this L and S Bands and though those can “See” a Very low observable aircraft based of returns from vertical stabilizers but those radar bands cannot complete the kill chain.
The F47 (if this is part of that program) is basically a complete redux of the F22 program as we curtailed the order so dramatically that it’s hard to justify the SLEPs.
However where Raptors were designed to hunt Flankers, Fulcrums and Russian Tac air. This program has to consider China and the Tyrany of the Pacific so range is a big factor. So might as well “trim the fat” make it as efficient a cruising fighter with as low an RCS across the spectrum so it can perch on high and snipe any comers.
so yeah it makes sense for Boeing to have used some X36 DNA.
 
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