Coupe Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 I think this was talked about but could not find in the forums. Anyway, if any of you can get your hands on this weeks issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology there is a great article on Boeing's F-15SE Silent Eagle. It was built under a secret project called Project Monty. Maybe the mag should be called Aviation Leak & Spy Technology. Coupe Quote
Commander_92 Posted May 25, 2009 Posted May 25, 2009 just add the TVC of the S/MTD and the canards too and it'll be America's answer to the latest generation Russian jets. Quote
+Julhelm Posted May 25, 2009 Posted May 25, 2009 Those "latest generation" russian jets are still 25+ years old technology no matter how they're pimped up. Meanwhile MFI didn't go very far, nor does Pak-FA seem to anytime soon. Current-gen fighter jets have simply become too damn expensive to develop for any single nation to be able to afford them. Quote
Atreides Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 (edited) Really ? So the MIG-35 is 25 year old tech and I guess the Israelis are placing 25 year old tech in the SU-30 MKI. MIG-29 KUB hardly qualifies as 25 year old tech Edited May 27, 2009 by Atreides Quote
+JediMaster Posted May 27, 2009 Posted May 27, 2009 The MiG-29's airframe dates from the 1970's. The engines are based on equally old tech. You can update the cockpits and the avionics and radar, but it's still a 1970s design, as is the F-15. The F-22, actually, is a 1990s design based on a 1980s design (the YF-22). Quote
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