Thanks to Pietro Nurra for the link!
via Defense News.
If I was a F-35 supporter I'd be leery. You're seeing an ill wind blowing for that program...
*The S. Koreans aren't happy about the cost of the F-35 and they are already looking at buying far fewer than they actually need because of that.
*Turkey is in the same position...they wanted 100 plus of those airplanes but probably won't be able to afford that many.
*The SAAB design house is going to be functioning whether or not they sell another Gripen. There will be no monopoly on fighter production and the little company from Sweden is the reason.
This bears watching.
via Defense News.
Turkey has been in talks with Sweden’s Saab for pre-conceptual design work for the first Turkish national fighter jet. Saab produces the JAS 39 Gripen, a lightweight single-engine multirole fighter.Read it all here.
But industry sources say other foreign players could get involved in later stages. “It is not a secret that [Korea Aerospace Industries] is seeking to have a slot,” said one Western company source.
Turkey hopes that the indigenous TF-X will fly by 2023, the centennial of the republic. Turkey’s aerospace powerhouse, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), has been debating three designs.
If I was a F-35 supporter I'd be leery. You're seeing an ill wind blowing for that program...
*The S. Koreans aren't happy about the cost of the F-35 and they are already looking at buying far fewer than they actually need because of that.
*Turkey is in the same position...they wanted 100 plus of those airplanes but probably won't be able to afford that many.
*The SAAB design house is going to be functioning whether or not they sell another Gripen. There will be no monopoly on fighter production and the little company from Sweden is the reason.
This bears watching.
