Boeing has an updated F-18 in the works — here’s how it's 'comparable' to the F-35

JD Wed, 01/18/2017 - 10:04

(The Boeing concept for the Advanced Super Hornet, pictured here without enclosed weapons pods.Boeing)
President-elect Donald Trump caused a genuine uproar in the combat aviation community when he tweeted in December that "[b]ased on the tremendous cost and cost overruns of the Lockheed Martin F-35, I have asked Boeing to price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet!"

The idea that an F/A-18 Super Hornet could be "comparable" to the F-35 met with swift and intense condemnation, as well as Lockheed Martin losing billions in value on their stock.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-updated-f-18-works-142254142.html

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