Boeing Touts Fighter Jet To Rival F-35 — At Half the Price

An anonymous reader sends this news from the CBC: "In a dogfight of defense contractors, the hunter can quickly become the hunted. It's happening now to the F-35. The world's largest defense contractor, Lockheed Martin, is trying to convince wavering U.S. allies — including Canada — to stick with its high-tech, high-priced and unproven F-35 stealth fighter. But the F-35 is way behind schedule, way over budget and, now, it's grounded by a mysterious crack in a turbine fan. After years of technical problems, it's a tempting target for Lockheed Martin's rivals. It's no surprise, then, that the No. 2 defense contractor, Boeing, smells blood... The Super Hornet, it says, is a proven fighter while the F-35 is just a concept — and an expensive one at that. ... The Super Hornet currently sells for about $55 million U.S. apiece; the Pentagon expects the F-35 to cost twice as much — about $110 million."

Dreamfighter?

[waddgodd]

I hope they're being sold as "batteries not included"

The best part is on the Boeing box

[paiute]

"Batteries not included."

Re:ROI

[leehwtsohg]

Isn't 24/7 for three days more like 24/3?

Re:The Lazarus plane

[cervesaebraciator]

What amazes me is that the F-35 program for all the promises hasn't been cut or curtailed.

That's because the F-35 employs the latest in multi-congressional district job program management. It is also far superior to the older F/A-18 E/F because the latter lacks the F-35's advanced lobby-based cash vectoring nozzles.

Re:Easy to say

[Anonymous Coward]

Aren't Typhoons submarines? You're gonna shoot down Marko Ramius?