No, it shows my disgust as a taxpayer.
“No, it shows my disgust as a taxpayer.”
ALL development programs suffer growing pains, more so when the state of the art is being expanded as it is with the F-35. It is essentially 3 programs in one, albeit with unprecedented parts commonality amongst the 3, but LMT did not attempt to make a single variant perform all 3 missions. That would be folly - see the F-111. The liftfan concept for the S/VTOL Marine variant has been widely praised for its ingenuity and superior performance, still with supersonic capability! Be patient, the program isn’t in production yet...
JC