The F-22 Mud Fighter

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Bluewings12 7/10/2009 8:03:15 PM

Indeed , what a mess :-(

Kirby1 , I 've only been a software debugger but I know what you 're talking about . I pulled my hairs many times ...

Cheers .

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Das Kardinal 7/11/2009 6:07:57 PM

I kind of figured that part out, what I would like to know is why. What sets it apart from F-15/16/18 series upgrades and will those first 63 be training/research aircraft. I really can't see the AF getting their moneys worth out an non-upgradeable aircraft. Sounds like another reason why 60-80 more would extend the fleet's capabilities.

The Block 30s are still better than anything else out there for the air dominance role. What you read here is that the computer networks for the first 60 or so birds are not easy to REWIRE to take the software and coding changes that the new telemetry and weapon interfaces require. That was a design BLUNDER. Newer avionics are supposed to be able to take the coding changes, inside the distributed computer network as SOFTWARE UPGRADES and simple card change-outs.

1970s solutions run into the 21st Century headon.

Blame LOCKMART solidly for this one.

Herald

Thanks for clearing it up. That's pretty much what I expected (architectural changes that are too difficult/cost intensive to be effected in the current context). Reminds me of the MN's Rafale F1s in that way.

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