01 July 2008
More Allegations that Dutch JSF Competition is a Fig Leaf
‘Besluit voor JSF is allang genomen’, or you can read the English translation here.*
While the dutch have attempted to get Eurofighter, Dassault, and SAAB to bid in competition, the problem has always been that they are currently throwing a lot of money at the F-35 JSF that won't be coming back to them if they buy another aircraft.
They've sunk $800 million into this, and unless costs spiral completely out of control, I'd put that at 45%, they are stuck with the plane.
*I don't speak a word of Dutch. I read a synopsis and used Google to translate the original.
While the dutch have attempted to get Eurofighter, Dassault, and SAAB to bid in competition, the problem has always been that they are currently throwing a lot of money at the F-35 JSF that won't be coming back to them if they buy another aircraft.
They've sunk $800 million into this, and unless costs spiral completely out of control, I'd put that at 45%, they are stuck with the plane.
*I don't speak a word of Dutch. I read a synopsis and used Google to translate the original.
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