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    Could the F-15EX Transform the U.S. Defense Industry?

    Could the F-15EX Transform the U.S. Defense Industry?

    The F-15EX is the old F-15 platform with a host of new tech developed since the original F-15.

    Can Boeing, the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Air Force use an old fighter to teach the U.S. aerospace industry new tricks?

    As was widely reported in July, the Air Force has decided to acquire a large number of F-15EX fighters over the next several years. The F-15EX was initially expected to replace the elderly F-15 C/D, but the latest reports indicate that it may also replace the Air Force’s fleet of F-15Es.


    Essentially, the F-15EX concept binds generations of technological innovation into the very old F-15 airframe. The F-15EX uses the classic F-15 frame but incorporates a host of technological improvements developed over the course of the last thirty years.


    Serial production of the F-15, driven largely by foreign sales in recent years, enables the integration of new technologies and keeps both the workforce and the manufacturing facilities fresh. The logic of replacing the F-15E (alongside the F-15C/D) is straightforward:


    At the very least, the F-15EX project means that the Air Force will have new, advanced airframes capable of doing the jobs that F-15s have been doing for decades.
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    Its still a world beating aircraft, the best 4th gen ever to fly.

    The F-22 and F-35 are the next step up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by US Conservative View Post
    Its still a world beating aircraft, the best 4th gen ever to fly.

    The F-22 and F-35 are the next step up.
    And the F-22's replacement, a 6th G fighter is in design phase.

    The F-22 Raptor's Replacement Is Starting to Take Shape
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    And the F-22's replacement, a 6th G fighter is in design phase.

    The F-22 Raptor's Replacement Is Starting to Take Shape
    Good catch. The 6th gen was developed in less than Trumps first term, including a flying model.

    What that means is we can even gear up and mass produce far faster than our enemies.

    Even our 5th gen F35 is superior to 4th gen eagles. Lets crank em out to sell to our allies and us.

    This means even if China stole our tech, it would take 2-3 decades for them to catch up just in material development.

    Besides the point that their engines suck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by US Conservative View Post
    Good catch. The 6th gen was developed in less than Trumps first term, including a flying model.

    What that means is we can even gear up and mass produce far faster than our enemies.

    Even our 5th gen F35 is superior to 4th gen eagles. Lets crank em out to sell to our allies and us.

    This means even if China stole our tech, it would take 2-3 decades for them to catch up just in material development.

    Besides the point that their engines suck.
    And when China steals our tech, what they make with it is inferior. Especially the engines.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    And when China steals our tech, what they make with it is inferior. Especially the engines.
    We found a way that even if it was given that China had the blueprints, they would not be able to catch up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by US Conservative View Post
    We found a way that even if it was given that China had the blueprints, they would not be able to catch up.
    We probably also insert some bad design specs that we know about, but those who are stealing it may not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    We probably also insert some bad design specs that we know about, but those who are stealing it may not.
    Bad for them. I like it that way.

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