JSF production cuts and its impact

[Dr Phobus]

I was reading in janes defence that the JSF production is too be reduced. THe USN/USMC will cut their numbers by 58, reducing their buy to 622 (i think)..More singificant is that the USAF will seek no more that 48 per year, verses a maximum of 110 units per year. This will have a massive impact upon cost per unit..

1-I can not find new JSF figures for the USAF, does any one know ?

2- The RAF, RAAF have both reduced JSF requirments due to cost and time delays effecting ISD.

Thought, options, perspectives and information please.

 

[Tasman]

2- The RAF, RAAF have both reduced JSF requirments due to cost and time delays effecting ISD.

The RAAF has not reduced its requirement for 'up to 100' JSFs. Comments in other threads suggest that they will be delayed but the RAAF, according to the head of the air force, is still expecting that the FA-18F 'bridging aircraft' will be replaced by a final batch of JSFs.

Air Marshal Shepherd said the RAAF future was an all-JSF combat force but there would be a mixed combat fleet until arrival of the final JSF bloc around 2018-2020.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...-31477,00.html

Of course a price increase caused by a smaller production run could impact on future plans for the RAAF and it could end up with a mixed SH/JSF fleet with fewer JSFs.

Cheers

 

[Todjaeger]

Look at post #430

I was reading in janes defence that the JSF production is too be reduced. THe USN/USMC will cut their numbers by 58, reducing their buy to 622 (i think)..More singificant is that the USAF will seek no more that 48 per year, verses a maximum of 110 units per year. This will have a massive impact upon cost per unit..

1-I can not find new JSF figures for the USAF, does any one know ?

2- The RAF, RAAF have both reduced JSF requirments due to cost and time delays effecting ISD.

Thought, options, perspectives and information please.

See post# 430 on this thread.

http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4973&page=29

It has info as part of a Lockheed Martin press release. Basically, what seems to have happened is that the US is currently reducing the number of LRIP purchases, but there isn't mention of a reduction in overall order size, or the size of the deliveries once production has commenced. Overall, a good thing to read over.

-Cheers

 

[Turk]

Firstly when the any warplane has got in production one plane cost always serious money but after it going to be decrease(one plane cost) Lots of people right about offering small number of amounts because this plane has got some test period.Generally small amount follows large amount offer.