I don't think you really get it, yet, and I think I surprised you a bit, too.

 

I buy nothing of what you sell here as to either your understanding of the article or your interpretation of what I read.  . 

It would be as if the Carlton School of Economics was to report to Congress that the US needs to make F-20 Tigersharks  to export to Israel  so we could keep 7000 people employed, and they based their estimate on the F-5 Freedom Fighter. 

 

No knowledge of need, no knowledge of tech base, no knowledge of market, no knowledge of aviation at all!

 

You see where this goes?

 

@ Hamilcar

 

> I think I surprised you a bit, too.

 

> It would be as if the Carlton School of Economics was to report to Congress that the US needs to make F-20 Tigersharks  to export to Israel  so we could keep 7000 people employed, and they based their estimate on the F-5 Freedom Fighter.

 

And that's exactly what's happening here.  

> No knowledge of need, no knowledge of tech base, no knowledge of market, no knowledge of aviation at all!

 

ROTFLMAO.

KFX scandal developing in Korea.

 

KFX 2007 feasibility report is ruled as void by the Parliament because it was subcontracted to Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Saab, and EADS and KDI cut & pasted their findings into one report instead of doing their own work. Of course the result would turn out to be "unfeasible" since these companies would recomment their products over KFX in their findings, and the KDI report sited $12 billion development cost quoted by Lockheed Martin in the report as the reason for dismissal.(Saab quotoed $6 billion, EADS $10 billion, and Lockheed $12 billion. Boeing's quotes unknown) The Parliament defense committee is furious that the Korean DoD wasted  2 years and and money on second study(aka KFX 2009 which looks like modified Super Hornet), which is now pointless since the original F-35+ configuration appears to be feasible afterall.

 

This "KFX 2009" doesn't even appear to be well researched unlike "KFX 2007", since this was just a hypothetical configuration devised by Kunkook University to find ways to cut cost and no serious research was done on it, such as RCS simulation, wind tunnel testing, and CATIA modeling study and had nothing to do with ADD, the national weapons development lab which came up with KFX 2007 model. However, cost saving measures from KFX 2009 maybe applied on KFX 2007 model, such as airframe size reduction, substitution of foreign stealth tech with indigenous stealth tech, indigenous AESA radar and avionics(original KFX 2007 model would have depended these on foreign sources), so this 2 year delay allows utilization of increasingly maturing indigenous military technology that would have been foreign sourced if they went ahead back in 2007.

 

The only thing certain about KFX is that its engine supplier would be GE, both KFX 2007 and KFX 2009 study assumed GE as engine supplier.

 

At the moment, KFX program is back on track and the final decision by the President next month.

KDI did NOT copy & paste reports written by LM, Boeing, EADS & Saab. What KDI asked to six OEMs, which include KAI and Korean Air, were their own proposals for a fighter development program - things like "For your fighter development program, we can help you do this and that at what cost, etc."

I bet you already had read this.

KDI did NOT copy & paste reports written by LM, Boeing, EADS & Saab. What KDI asked to six OEMs, which include KAI and Korean Air, were their own proposals for a fighter development program - things like "For your fighter development program, we can help you do this and that at what cost, etc."

I think they will go straight for tender by late 2010 or 2011, as they don't have time(2021 introductory date goal) and they know what they want to build.

 

Both KFX and indigenous attack helicopter are announced as a "go" today. Defense Minister announced the decision to "go" and the Parliament approved funding for next year. There is general consensus that they could not afford to delay on these two anymore, as KFX must be introduced into service by 2021. The Korean DoD will tie F-X III with KFX now that KFX is a go.