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Re:F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish G... by mensetmanusman on Friday August 15, 2025 @06:27PM (#44918005)
Good, the EU needs its own defense industry.
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Re:F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish G... by zppln on Friday August 15, 2025 @06:52PM (#44918193)
More specifically, we could use our own engine. Gripen E still rely on the GE F414. Europe has nothing to rival the P&W F135.
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Re:F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish G... by cm2187 on Friday August 15, 2025 @07:01PM (#44918264)
My limited understanding is that the F135 is massively over-powered to be capable of VTOL + push through the bulky shape of the F35, resulting in a disappointing range. I don't know that it would make sense to use it on a different platform.
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Re:F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish G... by zppln on Friday August 15, 2025 @07:09PM (#44918318)
I was thinking more in terms of it being a newer design.

From what I've gathered there's some work being done on new engine designs within the FCAS program, but I have no idea how it's going.

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Re:F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish G... by adgjlsfhk1 on Friday August 15, 2025 @07:31PM (#44918474)
That just means it's the right size engine for a bigger plane without vtol.
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Re:F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish G... by rjsw on Friday August 15, 2025 @08:37PM (#44918876)
The Gripen could have been designed around one Eurojet EJ200 or Snecma M88.
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Re:F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish G... by ta20240528 on Saturday August 16, 2025 @07:57AM (#44922456)
No longer: Gripens are now offered with the Rolls Royce EJ230 engine.
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