Lockheed Martin CEO targets 80% of sixth-generation fighter capability in upgraded F-35
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The Lockheed Martin ‘Ferrari’ F-35 Stealth Fighter Summed Up in 2 Words
Summary and Key Points: Expert Caleb Larson reports Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet’s earnings-call pitch to keep the F-35 the “most numerous, most important” US fighter for the next decade and, having lost the F-47 and F/A-XX to Boeing, use Skunk Works to add sixth-generation sensors, distributed aperture systems, data links and beyond-line-of-sight capability, reaching […]
F-35 with 6th Generation Technologies: Lockheed Martin Aims for 80% of Capabilities at Half the Cost
Lockheed Martin aims to upgrade the F-35 with 6th generation technologies, offering 80% of the capabilities of a new fighter at about half the cost, according to Jim Tyklet.
Key takeaways Jim Taiclet, head of Lockheed Martin, has unveiled a plan to integrate advanced sixth-generation technologies into the F-35. Cost-effective The goal is to achieve approximately 80 percent of the performance of a completely new sixth-generation fighter jet. This must be done while keeping costs limited to just half […]
Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet announced that the company is looking to upgrade its F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to incorporate 80% of the capabilities of a 6th-generation fighter jet, but at half the cost. He also said that the recent agreement to produce 850 of the aircraft, within a decade, will […] The article The F-35 Lightning II will have 80% of the capabilities of a 6th-generation fighter jet, but at half the cost was first published …
Lockheed Martin’s Taiclet: an upgraded F-35 with 80% of a clean-sheet sixth-generation fighter at half the cost
Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet said on October 22 that the company aims to add key sixth-generation technologies to the F-35 and reach 80% of a clean-sheet sixth-generation aircraft at 50% of the cost, alongside an F-22 upgrade and the Vectis autonomous aircraft.
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