Zitat:Weil bekloppt, keine Ahnung, alles Piloten und außerdem korrupt und inkompetent und so. danke fürs gespräch.

Zitat:.... Die Reichweite der F-35 sei nicht größer als die der billigeren F-15. Der Flieger könne nicht mehr Bomben tragen und sei weder schneller noch agiler als herkömmliche Jäger. Der Vorteil der "Tarnkappe" werde nicht lang erhalten bleiben. Bei Hauptmann E., der bei der Luftwaffe das Trainingsprogramm der Piloten der F-35 erarbeitet, bringt das leidgeplagtes Lächeln hervor: "Diese Aussagen kommen von Leuten, die wenig von Luftkampfführung verstehen."

Zitat:If there is one symbol for the F-35 controversy, it is the $400,000-plus pilot’s helmet.

Zitat:The controversial helmet is basically a navigation system. When the pilot is looking straight and to the sides, he/she sees all of the weapons employment information in the helmet visor. The helmet has been described as a “workspace.”

Major Andreotta held up the helmet. “All the information that the jet brings into the aircraft is available to me in this helmet and that is why it is really more than a helmet. It’s actually an integral part of the F-35 system. It’s designed to provide pilots with 360-degree situational awareness in any kind of weather, day or night."

He described some of the intricacies.

“Up here at the top portion of it, this is the central computer of the helmet,” he said. “This is where all the information is processed and where it decides what it’s going to display to me.

"Out here, this visor, is what we call the display visor. So, it is where all the information is being projected into. These camera are really important. One is a camera that looks out. It also has my night vision camera. So gone are the days of me actually having to put night vision on, it’s now a flip of a switch," Andreotta said.

Zitat:Grazier saved his harshest criticism for the helmet.

He said the way the plane is designed, the pilot sits very low in the cockpit so has limited visibility: "We get the added benefit of paying an extra half-million dollars or so on top of that for the complex helmet design to overcome something that they could have done with just simple engineering. ... It’s one more thing, one more piece inside this aircraft that can fail down the road.”

Quintus Fabius schrieb:Ein kurzer Film über den speziellen Helm welchen F-35 Piloten verwenden:

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Zitat:Grazier saved his harshest criticism for the helmet.

Zitat:He said the way the plane is designed, the pilot sits very low in the cockpit so has limited visibility: "We get the added benefit of paying an extra half-million dollars or so on top of that for the complex helmet design to overcome something that they could have done with just

Zitat:Lockheed Martin wants F-35 in competition for jet contract

The Liberal government had promised during last year’s election campaign that it would not buy the F-35

Zitat:The company building the F-35 fighter jet says all it wants is a chance to compete in an open and fair competition to be the contractor to provide the next generation of airplanes to Canada’s military.

The possibility of being part of that process is murky, with the Liberal government having promised during last year’s election campaign that it would not buy the F-35, but vowing to hold an open competition to replace Canada’s fleet of aging CF-18s.

Further complicating matters is a published report that the Liberals have decided to purchase Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet — a direct competitor being built by Lockheed Martin — as an interim measure to buy time for landing on a long-term fix.

Jack Crisler, Lockheed Martin’s vice-president of F-35 business development and strategic integration, said the company plans to support the Canadian procurement process, but believes its plane can compete with and beat the Super Hornet for any contract.

When asked if the company would sue the federal government if blocked from competing for the fighter jet contract, Crisler said the company would look at all of its options.

“Right now, all we want to do is to be able to compete,” Crisler said in a telephone interview.

“So if we get told that we’re not allowed to compete, then we’ll go and evaluate all of our alternatives at that point. But right now all we’re asking to do is be able to compete in a fair, open, transparent and requirements-based competition for the replacement of the CF-18s.”

The comments followed a tumultuous Tuesday in the House of Commons where the opposition parties accused the Liberals of having “rigged the process” to replace the CF-18s and of allowing “Boeing to jump the queue.”

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan repeatedly told the Commons that the CF-18s should have been replaced long ago and there was a need to quickly fill a capability gap.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blamed the Conservatives for backing “a plane that does not work” and was a “long way from ever working.”

Crisler said Trudeau’s comments “couldn’t be further from the truth.” The U.S. Marines declared earlier this year that their fleet of F-35s is ready for combat, while the American air force is expected to make the same declaration by the end of 2016, Crisler said.

Federal lobbying records show Boeing has had a dozen meetings with government officials between February and April, including with senior staff in the Prime Minister’s Office.

Lobbying records show Lockheed Martin hasn’t been able to meet with any federal officials on the CF-18 file.

Annie Trepanier, a spokeswoman for Public Services Minister Judy Foote, whose department oversees major military procurements, said company officials had a meeting with Foote’s office on April 21, and again on May 25, both about the CF-18 replacement.

Crisler said the company hasn’t been given a reason for having their meeting requests rejected: “It’s not a hard no, but it’s certainly a ‘not now.’ Obviously, there’s somebody else that’s having access that no one else is enjoying.”

The CF-18s, purchased in the 1980s, were designed to last for 20 years. Having been pressed years beyond that timeline, the previous Conservative government decided to spend $400 million to keep the jets flying until at least 2025 by overhauling every part of the 77 fighter jets.

The Ottawa Citizen reported this week that cabinet had discussed buying the Super Hornets while officials seek out a long-term replacement.

All that was left, the report said, was to come up with a narrative to sell the idea to the public.

The government has done little to quash the report, other than saying no final decision on the CF-18 replacement has been made.

Zitat:Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blasted the F-35 stealth fighter on Tuesday as a plane that “does not work,” while his defence minister refused to say if the Liberals will hold a competition to replace Canada’s aging fighter jets.

Meanwhile, public records show the company behind the Liberals’ preferred fighter jet, the Super Hornet, has held frequent discussions with Liberal officials since January. Those lobbying efforts included talks with senior officials in Trudeau’s office, as well as those of the defence and procurement ministers.

Postmedia, citing multiple sources, reported over the weekend that the Liberal government is intent on buying Super Hornet fighter jets. It’s believed the purchase will be labelled an interim measure to fill what Liberals say is a pending “gap” in Canada’s military capabilities.

In the House of Commons on Tuesday, interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose said Trudeau “naively” withdrew Canadian fighter jets from Iraq. She asked in French why Canadians should trust the Liberals to choose the best plane for the military “when they don’t even understand the value they bring to combat?”

“Canadians know full well that for 10 years, the Conservatives completely missed the boat when it came to delivering to Canadians and their armed forces the equipment they needed,” Trudeau replied, also in French. “They clung to an aircraft (the F-35) that does not work and is far from working.”

Zitat:US Marine Corps recovering 'boneyard' Hornets to plug capability gap

Zitat:The US Marine Corps (USMC) is having to recover Boeing F/A-18C Hornet combat aircraft from the 'boneyard' at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB) in Arizona to bridge the delayed introduction into service of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), a Boeing official said on 10 June.

Zitat:Speaking at Boeing's Global Sustainment and Support (GS&S) site at Cecil Field in northern Florida, Bill Maxwell, senior manager F/A-18 operations, said that the USMC has contracted the company to recover 30 legacy Hornets from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) facility at Davis-Monthan AFB to cover a projected shortfall in numbers and capability as the service transitions over to the JSF.

WideMasta schrieb:Da fehlt wohl das wichtigste! Schiff ist ready. Nur der Flieger fehlt :lol: . Wäre man seiner Zeit mal nicht so voreilig gewesen die Harrier so schnell außer Dienst zu stellen. Sie würde bis zur Einführung der F-35B gute Dienste leisten

Nightwatch schrieb:So oder so, es dauert es gute 3 Jahre bis das Schiff alle Testfahrten hinter sich hat, so groß ist die Lücke also nicht.

Quintus Fabius schrieb:Das USMC kramt alte F-18 wieder raus weil die F-35 sich weiter verzögert:

Quintus Fabius schrieb:LM ersucht Kanada um einen echten Wettkampf zwischen der F-35 und der F-18, nachdem sich Kanada aufgrund von Kostengründen und Verzögerungen gegen die F-35 entschieden hat:

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RF-IR Stealth (Techniques/Benefits)

Brief

The advantage of detecting, identifying and engaging a target while stay invisible  is undeniable,  thus for years designers has been attempting to minimize the ability of radar , RWR and Infrared system  to detect aircrafts . Aircraft with significant  low observability characteristics  embodied in are called stealth aircraft . This article will discuss some common techniques used by stealth aircraft , their benefits and clear out some common misconception....


Temperature from the exhaust pumes:

The biggest contributors of signature in mid-infrared wavelength on a jet aircraft is their exhaust pumes , reduction of exhaust temperature as little as 100 degrees can reduce aircraft infrared emission by more than haft.....


.......One very common misconception about jet engine and infrared signature is : an engine with higher thrust will always have higher infrared signature ,however that is an inaccurate assumption......

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Electronic Countermeasure (ECM)

Brief 

Ever since radar  being used in battle in an attempt to gain superior situation awareness   and guide weapons, various  techniques were created to reduce the effectiveness of those sensors. Whiles  passive countermeasure such as  Stealth techniques were invented to help military  assets hide and stay invisible from enemy’s sensors, electronic countermeasure  techniques were invented to confuse, overwhelm adversary sensors so that they are unable to track or attack friendly assets.This article will introduce and explain some common   countermeasure techniques used by military aircrafts......

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RWR/ESM and Passive Geolocation

Brief:

It is undeniable that the impact of RWR-ESM on the design of modern aircraft is enormous. It has been the centre of many heated debates over the years, with many believing that modern RWR/ESM will make powerful radars and low radar cross section obsolete, as aircrafts will be instantly targeted and shot down the moment they turn on their radars. On the other hand, others believe that RWR/ESM are not much better than a warning system. The truth is far more complex than that, however.

To clear out some of the common misconceptions about RWR/ESM and passive geolocation, this article will explain how they work.

Zitat:F-35 Very ‘Raptorish,’ Adversary Pilot Says

ARLINGTON, Va. — An experienced fighter pilot who has flown in mock combat against the Marine Corps’ F-35B Lightning II strike fighter has described the F-35’s performance as similar to that of the Air Force’s F-22A Raptor air superiority fighter.....

Zitat:F-35 trumps F-15 in latest series of simulated dogfights

U.S. Air Force officials say F-15 "enemy jets" fail to detect or directly engage F-35s • "Feedback from unit operators has been very positive ... not just concerning performance but the ability the aircraft has with other platforms," official says......

(25.07.2016, 14:34)revan schrieb: F-35 trumps F-15 in latest series of simulated dogfights

U.S. Air Force officials say F-15 "enemy jets" fail to detect or directly engage F-35s • "Feedback from unit operators has been very positive ... not just concerning performance but the ability the aircraft has with other platforms," official says......

Zitat:latest series of simulated dogfights

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