The reason why F-22 short life cycle was because of the "War on Terror" where it went from 700+F-22's to 350 to 190. Had to cut many programs and F-22 was one of them.
F-22 was never built for export therefor its codes were not heavily encrypted like the F-35's
Yeah right! 35 post and act like you know shit.
Be thankful I am comparing it to just Mk2... There is a bigger monster in HAL's basement lurking since 97, lol.
US F-47 seems to be flying for 5 years. It is much further in the development that US wants to admit.
That being said, I doubt any airforce will be able to make best use of F-47 unless fully integrated in US eco system. That means US drones, US AEW&C platform and other US fighters to network with.
What? I am just saying this isn't a thread for mk 2, so do your mk 2 timeline comparisons in the mk 2 thread instead of here because this is for US aviation and talking about mk 2 here doesn't add anything to the discussion.
And are seriously trying to boast your number of posts on an internet forum? Lmao.
GCAP is meant to replace Japanese F-2s. And Japan has 300 jets to replace in total. A rising China may force them to invest in more jets. So Japan can still buy some F-47s.
F-47 is being designed to not rely entirely on external sources, especially with drones.
A flight of 4 F-47s would have 4 pilots, drones can carry additional sensors, avionics, and weapons meant to do the job of AWACS, other fighters etc.
Japan also wants to replace their F-15Js with a new ASF. After the US declined to sell them an export-grade F-22, they launched the ATD-X program to prove techs for a clean sheet F-3 fighter which atleast conceptually resembled the FCAS design.
The Japs eventually chose to join the GCAP consortium but given the design similarities between FCAS and F-3, I suspect they would've preferred Dassault had the FCAS program taken off.
But given Trump's whiplash of a tongue and the race for 6G fighter heating up, I think France will clear the decks for FCAS sooner than later.
SCAF will go ahead as planned. There is no other alternative to keep Germany and Spain reeled in. But it doesn't meet Japan's timeline requirement. The Japanese need an F-2 replacement from 2035, the reason for pursuing GCAP. SCAF is 2045+.
GCAP is just a fighter whereas F-47 is a part of a larger system, so both do not directly compete with each other.
What do you mean by that? It's meant to operate deep inside enemy territory, where all these alternative assets are not available.
It's not gonna have AWACS support, tanker support, or other fighters when it's over Beijing or Moscow. Only itself and its accompanying wingmen drones to keep company, and of course satellites.
Its primary job during penetration is to keep the B-21 alive.
All other jets today do not perform penetration to that scale. Rafale does a little bit, probably 300-500 km, after some thorough intellignce gathering, but the rest have to rely on stealthy or speedy long range missiles for deep penetration. And this includes F-22 and F-35. Even J-20 and Su-57.
Alternatively, stealth drones built up to the same standards as the F-47 and B-21. The ADE/IAF are currently deciding on their main stealth drone for this mission for introduction from 2035. It's gonna start soon, within a few months.
So the F-47 is going to be an independent decision-maker, not just a fighter jet. And the IAF is developing its own satellite constellations. So if the IAF decides to import it, we can use it almost as effectively as the USAF without having to worry about their backend ecosystem. Of course, our version will need modifications like the F-35I, even if it is downgraded. The rest of the world without satellite constellations will require the US ecosystem.
But at the same time, we are going for a full unmanned capability when it comes to deep strike. We could end up being the first air force to do that, removing the need for a legacy stealth jet for such a role (there, I said it @Picdelamirand-oil).
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Air Force cancels E-7 Wedgetail, citing survivability and cost concerns - Breaking Defense
"We are bullish on space, and we think that’s a capability that can be achieved actually faster than the E-7 will deliver at this point," a senior military official said.
Air Force cancels E-7 Wedgetail, citing survivability and cost concerns
"We are bullish on space, and we think that’s a capability that can be achieved actually faster than the E-7 will deliver at this point," a senior military official said.
@Parthu @randomradio @Rajput Lion @Ashwin . Thoughts? Looks like world is indeed moving towards space based tracking of aircraft!
Air Force cancels E-7 Wedgetail, citing survivability and cost concerns - Breaking Defense
"We are bullish on space, and we think that’s a capability that can be achieved actually faster than the E-7 will deliver at this point," a senior military official said.breakingdefense.com
Air Force cancels E-7 Wedgetail, citing survivability and cost concerns
"We are bullish on space, and we think that’s a capability that can be achieved actually faster than the E-7 will deliver at this point," a senior military official said.
@Parthu @randomradio @Rajput Lion @Ashwin . Thoughts? Looks like world is indeed moving towards space based tracking of aircraft!
Eventually, yes. In the meantime, E-2D will do the job for USAF.
The problem is, not everyone will have the kind of space access like the US (and China) do. It'll take countries like India, Russia or even EU decades to launch the kind of numbers that the US and soon China can in just a couple or so years. Their launch cadence due to reusability is head & shoulders above everyone else at this point. And then there's the satellite payloads themselves that have to be developed.
So AEWs will have to continue holding the fort for much longer in most parts of the world, including India.
We'll be in a better position to pursue space-based situation picture development sometime next decade, and maybe operationalize it by 2040 or so.
Also rather than pursuing such a capability immediately, what is increasingly becoming clear to me is whoever can access space will have a huge edge. Which means, whoever can destroy the enemies access to space will also have an edge. Kinetic ASAT is the least efficient way to deal with this, as such India should focus on satellite based ASAT capabilities as well as EW and jamming, and ground to space laser capabilities to interfere with Chinese satellites in case of war. Such capabilities are well within our reach and need focused development programmes.
Against an enemy that has A-Sat weapons, even AMTI/AMTT satellites would fall. In my opinion, both AWACS/AEW & Sat based C2 are required against a peer enemy.Air Force cancels E-7 Wedgetail, citing survivability and cost concerns - Breaking Defense
"We are bullish on space, and we think that’s a capability that can be achieved actually faster than the E-7 will deliver at this point," a senior military official said.
Air Force cancels E-7 Wedgetail, citing survivability and cost concerns
"We are bullish on space, and we think that’s a capability that can be achieved actually faster than the E-7 will deliver at this point," a senior military official said.
@Parthu @randomradio @Rajput Lion @Ashwin . Thoughts? Looks like world is indeed moving towards space based tracking of aircraft!
Air Force cancels E-7 Wedgetail, citing survivability and cost concerns - Breaking Defense
"We are bullish on space, and we think that’s a capability that can be achieved actually faster than the E-7 will deliver at this point," a senior military official said.
Air Force cancels E-7 Wedgetail, citing survivability and cost concerns
"We are bullish on space, and we think that’s a capability that can be achieved actually faster than the E-7 will deliver at this point," a senior military official said.
@Parthu @randomradio @Rajput Lion @Ashwin . Thoughts? Looks like world is indeed moving towards space based tracking of aircraft!
AWACS are not survivable, hence their coming end. We will be stuck with them for 10 more years though. The USAF is in a position to replace AWACS globally in just 2-3 more years with their Golden Dome.
Satellites can be launched on demand pretty soon. Even by India. Others have more robust programs.
Plus dedicated fighters capable of flying deep into the stratosphere will launch satellites consistently too.
And sats will be combined with AEW drones rather than crewed AWACS.