It must be the oxygen deprivation, come back down to earth. Those planes will be making test flight for years to come. Are you seriously incapable of having a single grounded opinion? Why is it always over the top, unrealistic stuff with you?
Only the engine is American,dont underestimate the South-Koreans.
there are more but its the most critical also a lot of european
Not at all. KF-21 have tens of subsystems sourced from US and other countries. A Turkish user got triggered and made a massive list last year on twitter. I'm sure many of this will be nationalized in time, but many others simply won't be as that requires gutting the aircraft and making a new one. Now, he was few up with some Korean trolls and got triggered badly we should add, but some of the items were a surprise to me as well. It's not just the engine, KF-21 is not being sold to anyone without American approval in either Block 1, 2 or 3. It's like an East Asian Gripen. Kaan's work ahead is much harder, not just because it's supposed to be a larger, more "assertive" fighter but also because honestly aside from the engine and the seat, number of ITAR components in it are very far in between. They are trying to make almost everything in house. Ball is still out which program will be more successful; I'm sure Turkey would also love to not having to make everything in house which increases costs and risks, but it is what it is. KF-21 will never be as "Korean" as Kaan is "Turkish". Again, not a jab, just how things are standing.
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A plane is a sum of its parts. And a plane has many parts. And many owners (ip).
This have layers. Re US; buying an aircraft from US needs congressional approval; so acceptance of the near entirety of American political system. An aircraft with ITAR components, so an aircraft that's under American export restrictions require US State Dept approval, so an acceptance of the government of the time.
Things will get a lot more complicated going forward as there is a bill to increase the level of integration between the US and Israel military joint development. Possibly the US will use more and more of Israel made components in the future which will need approval of Israel. This can surely limit the clientele of American made war machines.
But I don't understand what that means. Does that mean there are parts that are completely irreplaceable? Well, when you localize a product, some redesign is naturally involved, but it goes without saying that you design it to meet those specifications to ensure compatibility....
More like 15-17 each, especially if it will be a single country order and not a bulk purchase by DoD to GE. Expect 40 engines plus 2-3 spares for the 20 B10 jets.
This would be an opportunistic pricing but we don't need that many anyway. On th flip side the new Kaan engine will fetch quite a bit of money when it is made.
For a bulk order of 329 engines for 136 f15EX for the US , GE was given a contract of 1.58billion dollars in 2021. That puts each engine at just under 5 million dollars.
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For a bulk order of 329 engines for 136 f15EX for the US , GE was given a contract of 1.58billion dollars in 2021. That puts each engine at just under 5 million dollars.
GE will provide all F-15EX engines under $1.6B contract
The final delivery of GE's F110 engines would occur in 2031, and the engine deliveries would help produce 136 F-15EXs.
700million dollar contract, at a price of 7 million a piece, should cover 100 engines for 40 jets. Otherwise 14 million dollars a piece for 50 engines to cover 20 jets is like “daylight robbery”. Normal price for these engines is between 6 to 8 million dollars for small runs
And Vance here clarifies the requirements again.
