IF-35 Beat Fighting Fighter jet ‘by a mile’ in the year 2021 defense competition
The F-35 developed for the F-Fighter Fighter was completed for its Swedish cause in terms of technical and military capabilities during the competition held by the Ministry of Defense in 2021.
The competition focuses on the ability of each fighter jet to protect the continents of North America and the chance of success in various missions against today’s military against today’s forces.
The F-35 scored 95 percent in the military, with 57.1 out of 67 points.
In contrast, the Gripen-e finished with a score of 33 percent, netting 19.8 points out of 60 percent, according to the Department of National Defense (DND) obtained by Radio-Canada.
The gap is critical to achieving “mechanical performance” goals and the ability to improve the aircraft over its life cycle.
Asked for comment on the results of the competition, DND said the review of the F-35 procurement is ongoing.
Several experts, as well as representatives from the two operating companies, said they had never seen the exact figures before.
The strong difference between the two aircraft can help explain the decision of the Trudeau government to promise the purchase of its election in 2015 not to proceed with the purchase of the F-35, said the President of the Canadian Global Agast Institute.
“The test of power here is that there is a clear winner, there is no competition, there is no logic,” he said. “I expected that [the F-35] It would have been a clear winner, but this is the winner by a mile. “
DND testing suggests the Gripen’s “significantly inferior” results to the F-35 in terms of the military, said Justin Massie, a defense expert at UnivertAl.
He said the results are particularly interesting as Canada is reviewing the possibility of buying a few F-35s to allow Gripens.
“Do we want a capable small plane in Canada?” Sassie said.
The former Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant-General Yvan Blondin says that the numbers confirm that there is no real competition between the F-35 and all the other American or European aircraft that have been on the Canadian contract.
The advantages of the F-35 are always in the large database and the ability to integrate information from various military assets, such as ships, other F-35S aircraft and aircraft.
“If you compare them, they’re not even close,” said Blondin, who retired from Canada in 2015. “The IF-35 is the best fighter jet in the world, by far.”
However, another retired commander, Charles “duff” Sullivan, argues that the Air Force has long wanted the F-35 and that the process used in the 2021 competition favored the aircraft.
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Sullivan said the F-35 development program is facing obstacles and delays, meaning Canada won’t get all the technical capabilities promised by Lockeheed Martin.
“The Canadian Project Office has always been 100 percent in favor of the F-35,” said the seniors, who both worked for Boeing Canada after leaving the airline.
After comparing the F-35 to the Gripen, Ottawa decided that the two aircraft met its mandatory requirements. After considering the technical capabilities, long-term costs and economic costs, however, the government awarded the contract for 88 jets – it is now estimated to be worth more than $27 billion – Locking Martin in 2022.
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Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said the Government is looking to switch most of its fleet to Gripen if Lockheed Martin does not improve Canada’s economic benefits.
“I don’t believe we’ve had enough jobs done and industrial benefits done on the F-35 contract,” Joly said. “I think Canadians expect more, and we should get more.”
Representatives from Saab, which manufactures the Gripen, said they had not been able to reach the final schools for the 2021 Competition and could not comment on them.
However, they defend the gripen as a tough, personable aircraft, adapts easily to threats and is designed to be developed faster than any of its competitors.
“It’s built for an unknown mission, and it’s built for technology we’ve never seen before,” said Marcus Wandt, Gripen pilot and President in charge of technology at Sabwah.
He said the planes are easier to maintain and perform better than the F-35, especially in arctic conditions.
“One of the great skills now is that it’s very advanced and renewable, so you can keep it relevant for a long time,” Wandt said.
Lockheed Martin did not comment directly on the results, but said its planes are “the best choice in Canada.”
For now, Canada has only placed a firm order for 16 F-35s.
The future of hybrid ships
If the government chose a hybrid fleet, the gripens would be assembled in Canada.
The Carney government said it is interested in Saab’s promise to create 10,000 jobs to assemble fighter jets for the Canadian armed forces and the foreign market.
It was already understood when Canada signed its contract with Lockeheed Martin that it did not include the traditional benefits package. The order was placed in a global partnership that builds aircraft and in which Canada has participated since 1997, thus ensuring a low acquisition price.
In total, the Licheed Martin lock promised benefits of more than $ 15 billion over the life of the contract, marking about $ 3 million for the 3,600 Jets that will be delivered to the various forces.
There are devices already being made in Canada in more than 1,000 prisons.
“It’s not just airpower. It’s the jobs, capabilities and prosperity of all our F-35 partner nations, including Canada,” Lokeheed Martin said in a statement.
But the company recently warned that the economic benefits of buying the F-35 would “diminish” if Canada cuts its order.
Massie said the government should not make a decision to buy a fighter jet like the Gripen based on promises of Canadian jobs. The purpose, he said, should be to assess whether a second fleet could serve the F-35 based on the country’s long-term military needs.
“It is not up to the Minister of Defense to define Canada’s military needs,” he said. “Defense policy is not about jobs.”
And Blondin said that the prospect of a mixed fleet should be a long-term project, where fighters will fly alongside a new generation of combat drones.
Sullivan said Canada should commit to the purchase of 24 F-35s and explore the possibility of purchasing the Gripens, given that they were the only other aircraft to be ready by 2021.
