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Lockheed Martin seen leading race to develop F-2’s successor
8:13 pm, July 14, 2018
The Yomiuri Shimbun
The Defense Ministry views Lockheed Martin Corp. as the leading candidate to develop fighter jets to succeed the F-2 fighters in the Air Self-Defense Force, according to government sources.
According to the government sources, Lockheed’s plan is to develop the new fighters based on the F-22, which are the U.S. Air Force’s high-performing stealth fighters. The proposal calls for the installment of electronic devices that are used in F-35 fighter jets, which are part of the ASDF fleet, in the new fighters. The plan assumes that Japan and the United States will jointly develop the new aircraft.
According to the government sources, Lockheed’s plan better meets the demands of the ministry, mainly in terms of stealth capabilities compared with the plans of the other two companies, as the proposed development of the new fighters will be based on the F-22. The F-22 has been dubbed the “world’s most powerful” fighter jet, praised for its high-level stealth capabilities that make it extremely hard to detect by radar and its flight performance.
In Lockheed’s plan, however, the proposed price for each new fighters is more than ¥20 billion, which is far higher than the ministry’s initial estimate.
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F-22 현대화 개수형 모델의 대당 가격이 1억8천만 달러 이상이면 생각보다는 싸네요.