Lockheed Martin Vs. Boeing

[quicksilver]

Even tough Lockheed Martin won the contract to build the JSF, what company do you think will be the governments company to build future fighter jets?

 

[gf0012-aust]

Even tough Lockheed Martin won the contract to build the JSF, what company do you think will be the governments company to build future fighter jets?

I seriously doubt that the US will ever build another manned fighter. The future lies with UCAV's and TUAV's

Who gets it will depend on their capability of course. Boeing at this point in time has broader UAV experience. LockMart has broader electronic management expertise in stealth systems.

Thats always a point in time issue.

 

[quicksilver]

I believe that boeing will be the one the government relies on for building future fighter jets boeing has a far greater experince in UAVs.

 

[redsoulja]

lockmart will probably regain the edge that Boeing has acquired in teh UAV field
Lock Mart has always shown cometency when making aircaraft

look at how they made the F-22 and the JSF two amazing aircrafts

in the past they have made SR-71, they have made UAVs for the air force during the Vietnam war that had problems that can be corrected with today's tech, they made so many good aircraft especially the Skunk Works

Boeing is new to teh military aircraft scene
it has absorbed anotehr corp i think it was McDonell

please fill in any craft i missed

don't underestimate LockMart they have JSF and F-22 in the bag thus their company will be financially supported for some decades to come , until both those craft are retired at minimum

 

[armage]

I saw this program on Nova that talked about the JSF competition, in the end it said that even though Lockheed Martin won Boeing might get the next contract because they are already ahead in UCAVS technology.
Anybody got any articles or source about what type of UCAVS Boeing is building?

 

[gf0012-aust]

I saw this program on Nova that talked about the JSF competition, in the end it said that even though Lockheed Martin won Boeing might get the next contract because they are already ahead in UCAVS technology.
Anybody got any articles or source about what type of UCAVS Boeing is building?

The main ones are XC-45 and XC-47. There are numerous others in development. Have you looked up their site?

 

[SABRE]

Even tough Lockheed Martin won the contract to build the JSF, what company do you think will be the governments company to build future fighter jets?

Even though LM won the design contracts(of JSF), the production is shared between both companies(lockheed-MArtin & Boeing).

Anyway, the US doesn't want to get stuck with just one company that builds fighters, so that's why everything ultimately gets shared between LM and Boeing. Boeing is very good at building AC, but their fighter designs just aren't quite there yet,imo. The Boeing version of the JSF looked like a pregnant slug to me, lol. When Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas, they got the F-18 and F-15 along with the rest. They weren't in the fighter business before that. I tend to trust LM's designs over Boeing, but like I said, Boeing is very good at production, so much of the F-22 and JSF are built by Boeing, even though they are technically LM aircraft.