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I think that's one of the reasons the newer Gripen uses the same engine as the F/A-18.

I miss the old Gripen howl =)

But to the accounts department, it is cheaper and rightly so?

> F-35 is so cheap

Things I never thought I would hear...

Since we're on HN I should also add that the most delay producing part of the plane was, by far, the software.

Also, both of my points are important. The very long expected lifespan may be even more important.

It's surprising isn't it? After all the costs and overruns... but the economies of scale kicked in becaues EU NATO countries are buying them in large numbers (and they're noticably more advanced than competitors now that software is actually working).

Aren't a large portion of the F-35s that have been made to date practically complete write-offs because they're not going to update the software on them to support features from the most recent version?