By Victor Duda
The price will be slightly reduced in the fourth batch to $ 94 million. Boeing explains that the rise in price is related to inflation and decrease, and then again an increase in the order of the US Air Force. Initially, the army wanted to buy 144 aircraft, then 80, and now 104. The cost of the 5th generation F-35 is $ 82. 5 million for the US army. In addition, the Order of the F-35 has long been exceeded for 1000, which is several times more than the F-15Ex.
The operating cost, according to the authors, will be similar, but the F-35 has stealth technologies and other advanced solutions. However, the F-15Ex also has its functions and more load. The first purpose of the aircraft is to protect the territory of the US Army, where the challenges will be different from Europe or Asia. There is also an important difference between the F-15Ex from the F-35-the presence of two engines and the load of 15 tons, which is more than the Russian SU-34.
To reduce the price of the F-15Ex Boeing is looking for foreign customers, including Indonesia and Poland. It is important for the US Army to order planes at Boeen, because in the country only he and Lockheed Martin make combat aircraft. Soon Boeing will stop producing F/A-18 Super Hornet and will only do F-15Ex. Lack of orders can create the conditions for the Lockheed Martin monopoly. We will remind, on November 3 in Israel for the first time used F-35 to intercept the winged rocket.
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