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I wish the statements were better qualified. I don't doubt that better RCS reduction techniques have been evolved since the F-22 and applied to the F-35, but i have always been under the impression that the JSF program was sold as trying to strike a balance between cost and observability.Things like leading edge sweep, edge length, inlet duct length, etc. are less favorable on the -35, not to mention the axisymmetric exhaust. Does this mean that the F-35 has a lower signature from the aft quadrant, for example? i doubt that. You can take this very generic statement to mean anything without putting it in the right context.Like i said, the intervening years between the F-22 and F-35 can explain improvements, but this is the first time i hear these broad claims.
I wish the statements were better qualified. I don't doubt that better RCS reduction techniques have been evolved since the F-22 and applied to the F-35, but i have always been under the impression that the JSF program was sold as trying to strike a balance between cost and observability.
Things like leading edge sweep, edge length, inlet duct length, etc. are less favorable on the -35, not to mention the axisymmetric exhaust. Does this mean that the F-35 has a lower signature from the aft quadrant, for example? i doubt that. You can take this very generic statement to mean anything without putting it in the right context.
Like i said, the intervening years between the F-22 and F-35 can explain improvements, but this is the first time i hear these broad claims.
