There is a real competition in Norway that they aim to wrap up in 2008.
The JSF promises great things, but
- like every non-PowerPoint aircraft in the world: it will not do everything better than every other aircraft;
- unlike Typhoon its manufacturers cannot offer a fixed price;
- and we are only halfway through JSF development, with no production-representative aircraft due to fly until next year and none of the mission systems flying.
These issues also explain why the Ozzies are doing what they are doing.