Originally Posted by
Bob Viking
Saab and LM seem happy enough to offer their jets up for the procurement competition so they must be confident their jets single engine must offer the reliability and safety that Canada requires for Arctic operations.
Ummmm, I'm quite confident that SAAB and Lockheed did not design their jets with Canada in mind at all. Indeed the F-35 was mandated by the US government to be single engine totally independent of the needs or the desires of USAF or USN. USMC's STOVL requirement totally drove the single engine decision.