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From: Phat Bytestard on 5 Aug 2006 00:25 On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:30:12 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >Ken Smith wrote: > >> In article <44D222B8.DD68A7C9(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> >Ken Smith wrote: >> > >> >> The US only sells the previous generation of hardware not the latest. The >> >> US airforce spends the money for development of the new fighters not the >> >> other countries they get sold to. >> > >> >Well..... Britain's getting some JSFs too. >> >> We are now "after they were developed". They didn't put any money I know >> of into the development pot. > >F-35 JSF Involvement Across BAE Systems >During the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase, BAE Systems is >involved in two particular areas- airframe and mission systems. A major part of >the UK industrial contribution to JSF will come from BAE Systems aircraft >manufacturing facilities in Warton and Samlesbury, as well as facilities at >Rochester and Edinburgh. BAE Systems North America facilities in Nashua, NH, and >Johnson City, NY, also support a significant amount of F-35 JSF involvement for >BAE Systems. > >The aft fuselage and empennage (tails and fins) for each F-35 JSF are being >designed, engineered and built at the BAE Systems Samlesbury site, using the >latest in advanced design and manufacturing technology. > >The aft-fuselage and empennage will be shipped to Lockheed Martin?s Fort Worth >plant in the summer of 2005, where they will be joined with the wing and forward >fuselage from Lockheed Martin and the centre fuselage from Northrop Grumman. >Assembly of the initial F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant is >expected to be completed at the end of the year. The first flight of the CTOL >aircraft is scheduled for mid-2006. > >BAE Systems is responsible for the design and delivery of key areas of the >vehicle and weapon systems, in particular the fuel system, crew escape, life >support system, Prognostics Health Management (PHM) integration and Electro >Optical Targeting System (EOTS). BAE Systems also has significant work share in >Autonomic Logistics, primarily on the support system side, and is involved in the >Integrated Test Force, including the systems flight test and mission systems. > >BAE Systems is also responsible for supplying the Vehicle Management Computer, >the Communication, Navigation and Identification (CNI) modules, the active stick >and throttle and the EOTS Laser subsystem. > >BAE Systems facilities in the US & UK are responsible for developing an Alternate >Helmet Mounted Display System (AHMDS) as part of the risk mitigation effort for >the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. BAE Systems has successfully completed the >Critical Design Review (CDR) which was funded by the UK Joint Combat Aircraft >Integrated Product Team (UK MOD). > >Through its Nashua, NH, facility, BAE Systems is responsible for the F-35 JSF?s >Electronic Warfare (EW) systems suite and is also providing advanced, affordable >low-observable apertures and advanced countermeasure systems. Additionally, BAE >Systems will provide critical and complex electronic circuits and modelling and >simulation capability in support of the System Development and Demonstration >(SDD) and production phases of the program. > >BAE Systems - A Key Partner on the F-35 JSF Program >BAE Systems brings with it a rich heritage of Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing >(STOVL) experience from the Harrier program as well as advanced lean >manufacturing technology from its facilities at Warton and Samlesbury, UK. BAE >Systems has the most modern fighter production line and the most recent >experience utilizing and applying digital design due to its manufacturing >experience on Typhoon. > >BAE Systems is a major UK industrial participant, investing $72M upfront in the >Concept Development Phase (CDP) and $65M in UK JSF facilities during SDD. > >http://www.baesystems.com/facts/programmes/airsystems/jsf.htm Nice. You actually are good for something every now and then.
From: Eeyore on 5 Aug 2006 00:26 Jim Yanik wrote: > John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote in > news:+X65pK5C760EFwNV(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk: > > > In message <f5a7d2pdo9eqlha46iun58gsdve3knqbqh(a)4ax.com>, dated Fri, 4 > > Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes > > > >>What I meant was the population, _not_ the land mass, FHS! > > > > Yes, of course, but the question is still nonsense. No-one can tell what > > would happen; it depends so much on why you disappeared and when. > > If the US (nation,not landmass)were not around anymore,the rest of the > world would eventually become less free.Perhaps enslaved. That's one of the *looniest* things I've yet seen stated in this thread. > They do not realize the threats they face,and are unwilling to prepare to > deal with them. > They wrongly believe that negotiation or isolationism will solve all their > troubles. Negotiation finally fixed the Irish problem. Do you think war would have ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 5 Aug 2006 00:28 Jim Yanik wrote: > John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote in > news:3ptbWzycMm0EFwvd(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk: > > > In message <hhm4d21q5mgl9vu47lcd7krn5cfrb35b7t(a)4ax.com>, dated Thu, 3 > > Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes > > > >> And, you should be afraid of us. You should be _very_ afraid. > > > > Rest assured, John. We ARE very afraid of people who express views > > similar to those you express. They are so like those expressed by > > militant Islamists. > > Then you have a misplaced sense of things. > Our ACTIONS speak for themselves,and so do the Islamics. > You seem to believe they are equivalent. Your mistake, which seems common in the US is to see all 'Islamists' - they're called Moslems btw as freedom-hating terrorists. Graham
From: Eeyore on 5 Aug 2006 00:29 Jim Yanik wrote: > John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote in > news:EGRndMZvAz0EFw6f(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk: > > > In message <44d32761$0$16497$e4fe514c(a)dreader12.news.xs4all.nl>, dated > > Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Frank Bemelman <f.bemelmanq(a)xs4all.invalid.nl> writes > >>I'm told that China has enough dollars in the bank to *buy* the entire > >>USA ;) > > the Japanese tried that a few years ago,lost their asses. Cite ? Graham
From: Phat Bytestard on 5 Aug 2006 00:30
On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:19:47 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >Phat Bytestard wrote: > >> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:46:56 +0100, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: >> >> > It was all a big conspiracy. >> >> You're an idiot. > >The fact you can't distinguish a joke from reality is very telling ! > The fact that you make one in this thread is very telling. My declaration remains... You are an idiot. |