Want to compete with an F-35 using a cheap plane that was developed on a reasonable budget, on time and has all the same network capable electronics, can out fly the F-35 in every way such performance can be analyzed, can land on a dirt road and be maintained in the field without one special tool? You can also swap an engine in one hour with two standard squadron service people in a field instead of many more specially trained F-35 service people not normally assigned to a squadron but to a depot in a dedicated shop with specialized tools in an undisclosed time because of the reassembly of stealth panels.
Meet the Gripen E, an interesting alternative to the F-35. It can't do VTOL but it's STOL abilities on dirt roads that would scare a Cessna pilot keep things simple and such performance can also be very useful in forward deployments much closer to the fight than one would ever see a fragile F-35.
Interesting.....
Meet the Gripen E, an interesting alternative to the F-35. It can't do VTOL but it's STOL abilities on dirt roads that would scare a Cessna pilot keep things simple and such performance can also be very useful in forward deployments much closer to the fight than one would ever see a fragile F-35.
Interesting.....