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ORAC
The sensor suite is old, because of the protracted delay, and far from modern standards and already contracted to be replaced, the same or better is already planned for other airframes. Yes. Ask the USN......
Ohhh! And the new Ford class carriers won’t be able to operate them till their mid life updates....
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/bu...ve-f-35s-64051
OK, what's different about the F35 that the Ford class can't handle them? The linked article is strangely silent on what that might be.