بتاريخ . 27, 1, 2012
لوكهيد مارتن ، بالاشتراك مع شركة نورثروب غرومان ، برات آند ويتني وبي إيه إي سيستمز ، حريصا على جلب الشركاء الدوليين. ويجري حاليا تطوير المقاتلة بدعم من بريطانيا والنرويج والدنمارك وهولندا وإيطاليا وتركيا واستراليا وكندا.
بين الشركاء الدولية الرائدة ، والمملكة المتحدة تخطط لشراء 138 F - 35S وايطاليا 131وكندا65 وطلبت استراليا 14 و لديها خطط لشراء ما يصل الى 100 بـ16 مليار دولار استرالي (17 مليار دولار).
اختارت الحكومة الإسرائيلية طائراتها من طراز F - 35A لقواتها الجويه في الجيل المقبل في عام 2010 -- مما يجعلها أول بلد تتلقى F - 35 عن طريق عملية المبيعات العسكرية الخارجية من حكومة الولايات المتحدة .
سنغافورة أيضا قد قالت انها ستشتري من طراز F - 35 ، على الرغم من أنه لم يتم تغيير الأرقام بعد ، وهناك قد تكون الفائدة على المدى الطويل للمملكة العربية السعودية ودولة الامارات العربية المتحدة والبرازيل والهند ، وقال هاردي ، من لجين IHS.
بين الشركاء الدولية الرائدة ، والمملكة المتحدة تخطط لشراء 138 F - 35S وايطاليا 131وكندا65 وطلبت استراليا 14 و لديها خطط لشراء ما يصل الى 100 بـ16 مليار دولار استرالي (17 مليار دولار).
اختارت الحكومة الإسرائيلية طائراتها من طراز F - 35A لقواتها الجويه في الجيل المقبل في عام 2010 -- مما يجعلها أول بلد تتلقى F - 35 عن طريق عملية المبيعات العسكرية الخارجية من حكومة الولايات المتحدة .
سنغافورة أيضا قد قالت انها ستشتري من طراز F - 35 ، على الرغم من أنه لم يتم تغيير الأرقام بعد ، وهناك قد تكون الفائدة على المدى الطويل للمملكة العربية السعودية ودولة الامارات العربية المتحدة والبرازيل والهند ، وقال هاردي ، من لجين IHS.
Lockheed Martin, in conjunction with Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney and BAE Systems, has been careful to bring in international partners. The fighter is being developed with support from Britain, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Italy, Turkey, Australia and Canada.
Among the leading international partners, the U.K. is planning to buy 138 F-35s, Italy 131 and Canada 65. Australia has ordered 14 and has plans to buy as many as 100 for 16 billion Australian dollars ($17 billion).
The Israeli government selected the F-35A as its air force's next generation aircraft in 2010 - making it the first country to receive the F-35 through the U.S. government's Foreign Military Sales process.
Singapore also has said it will buy F-35, although it hasn't set numbers yet, and there may be longer-term interest from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil and India, said Hardy, of IHS Jane's.
The wide range of buyers is in contrast to Lockheed Martin's last stealth fighter, the now discontinued F-22 "Raptor." It was hailed as a wonder of technology but failed in large part because Congress deemed it too sensitive to sell even to Washington's closest allies.
Narushige Michishita, a professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies who has advised the Japanese government on defense issues, said he thinks the F-35 is Japan's best option.
"If this was about a Cold War-type competition, then the F-22 would have been better. But if this is a long-term peacetime competition, you need numbers and presence, and close coordination among allies," Michishita said.
But defense analyst Carlo Kopp of the private Air Power Australia think tank said he thinks it was a mistake for his country and others to buy in. He said the F-35 program should have been canceled years ago and that the policy of pushing forward with it at any cost only threatens to create a budgetary sinkhole that would weaken the defenses of the U.S. and its allies.
Among the leading international partners, the U.K. is planning to buy 138 F-35s, Italy 131 and Canada 65. Australia has ordered 14 and has plans to buy as many as 100 for 16 billion Australian dollars ($17 billion).
The Israeli government selected the F-35A as its air force's next generation aircraft in 2010 - making it the first country to receive the F-35 through the U.S. government's Foreign Military Sales process.
Singapore also has said it will buy F-35, although it hasn't set numbers yet, and there may be longer-term interest from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil and India, said Hardy, of IHS Jane's.
The wide range of buyers is in contrast to Lockheed Martin's last stealth fighter, the now discontinued F-22 "Raptor." It was hailed as a wonder of technology but failed in large part because Congress deemed it too sensitive to sell even to Washington's closest allies.
Narushige Michishita, a professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies who has advised the Japanese government on defense issues, said he thinks the F-35 is Japan's best option.
"If this was about a Cold War-type competition, then the F-22 would have been better. But if this is a long-term peacetime competition, you need numbers and presence, and close coordination among allies," Michishita said.
But defense analyst Carlo Kopp of the private Air Power Australia think tank said he thinks it was a mistake for his country and others to buy in. He said the F-35 program should have been canceled years ago and that the policy of pushing forward with it at any cost only threatens to create a budgetary sinkhole that would weaken the defenses of the U.S. and its allies.
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/27/3394731/struggling-in-us-f-35-fighter.html
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