F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

[eaglemmoomin]

NL comission presentations so far:
First up, SaaB Gripen
-Best value for money
-Got a lot of follow up questions
-Really bad English

2nd F35 by LM
-Shady second hand car dealer impression
-many vague promises about future items/plans.
-Used old sales numbers to show that scale of economy is crucial to keep the price low
-Managed to insult (granted not deliberatelly) one of the commission members.

3rd Rafale by Dassault
-Seemed very good prepared
-Was very open about pretty much everything
- The only thing he didn't answer was unit price. He said that would be determined if the Dutch opened up for a new full evaluation off all craft and would be dependent on type of aircraft, specific equipment, spare parts and ammo delivered with the aircraft. There would also be access to and participation with the upgrade projects, also There would be a substantial order from dassault in the Dutch economy as part of the offset.


LTG Bogdan today, just missed the livefeed -> anybody who saw it pls comment.

Last Boeing for the SH starting 14.30h
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If you want to see you'll have to select connection type first

Hang on? If that was LM the castigation would be running amok. Personally I'd rather look at whats happening in Brazil, India, Oman and the UAE with respect to the Dassault offer, Brazil and India probably being the most interesting as those have technology transfer and indigenous production (Dassault appear to be saying that they won't be prime contractor/integrator for the non French built Rafales).

Ultimately I think Bogdan is the most important figure here as it's what he has to say regarding the F35 that is the most important as he already has a track record in the US of righting troublesome aircraft development programs and he's in charge of ensuring the US government get a working airplane.