The American company Lockheed Martin, which are increasingly accused of inflating the value of the 5th generation fighter, seeking opportunities to, to reduce the cost of. So LM decided to increase competition between companies, who are working on the F-35 the creation of e-filling. We are talking primarily about the production of communications systems and electronic weapons control complexes.
Vice president of Lockheed Martin Control of procurement within the framework of the F-35 Eric Branyan:
We are working to target in 80 million dollars for a model F-35A. To do this, one of the most effective ways is to carry out the competition.
Branyan previously noted, that LM has not yet made a final decision about rearranging arms control system, supplied currently by BAE Systems, as well as navigation and communications Northrop Grumman.
At the moment, worked out the parameters of competition, which resulted in the F-35 program to build can be a bit cheaper. It should be noted, that the F-35 program previously criticized the excessive cost of US President Donald Trump, stated, it is a gigantic waste of the military budget, which will be difficult to recoup.
One of the directions of the future possible to reduce the cost of the program could be a decision on the on-board radar system AN / ASQ-239 to F-35. Complex involves integration with F-18 and F-22. The BAE Systems currently declined to comment about the fact, whether the company intends to participate in "cheaper" events onboard radar and change its settings.
the need to reduce the cost of the program also raised, sold by Raytheon. We are talking about a complex, which combines data from six electron-optical infrared cameras followed projection “Pictures” the pilot helmet. Recall, that the F-35 pilot's helmet itself is estimated to be a huge amount - up 700 thousand. dollars.
