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Book Description
With a high-stakes fly-off slated
for the year 2000, rivals Lockheed Martin and Boeing have each employed
teams to develop the prototype that will secure the Pentagon's Joint
Strike Fighter (JSF) contract.
This all-color book provides rare behind-the-scenes coverage of the
competitors' designs and their performance features, and explains
why the JSF contract winner will most likely go on to produce the
bulk of the U.S. fighter fleet in the 21st century. Exclusive photography
reveals production lines, test designs in flight, power plants, weaponry,
cockpits, and markings.
Intended for use by the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, UK Royal
Navy, and other allies, the JSF will be a single-engine fighter incorporating
supersonic and stealth capabilities with advanced weapons systems
and versatility--the navy JSF will be carrier-based, the USMC version
will take off and land vertically, and the Air Force fighter will
boast long-range capabilities.
As in his previous books, author Bill Sweetman uses his superior knowledge
of modern aircraft technology to infer the most likely details of
still classified information.
About the Author(s)
An internationally recognized
expert on modern military aircraft, Bill
Sweetman has also written the previous MBI titles Aurora:
The Pentagon's Hypersonic Spyplane, F-22 Raptor, and Inside the Stealth
Bomber, among others.
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