Switzerland will buy 36 F-35As from the US by 2030 and pay a total of $6.3 billion to the US

[dBSPL]

On September 19, 2022, Swiss Armaments General Manager Martin Sonderegger and Project Manager Darko Savic signed the acquisition agreement with the US government in Bern. The purchase of 36 F-35A type fighter jets was contractually approved after the commitment loan was approved by the Swiss Parliament on September 15. Deliveries of the aircraft, which will replace the existing fleet of F/A-18 Hornets and F-5 Tigers, will take place between 2027 and 2030.

Switzerland will acquire these aircraft on the terms of purchase and pricing offered by Lockheed Martin for the USA. The total cost of the acquisition will cost $6.3 billion. The initial cost of each F35A to the Swiss air force will be $175 million.

 

[Abid123]

The initial cost of each F35A to the Swiss air force will be $175 million.

Cheaper than Rafale lol.

 

[Corruptistan]

Cheaper than Rafale lol.

How is that possible?

Did the US strike a special deal with Switzerland or is that the average unit price for the F-35 for US allies?

What was the deal with UAE (F-35) in terms of unit price?

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

By 2030 the US will be less than 50% white. Not a country one should rely on for spare parts.

 

[BigMelatonin]

By 2030 the US will be less than 50% white. Not a country one should rely on for spare parts.

What exactly are you implying?

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

What exactly are you implying?

They should not expect a timely delivery, if at all.

 

[BigMelatonin]

They should not expect a timely delivery, if at all.

Because there won't be as many whites? Are you claiming they're the only ones capable of building technology?

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Because there won't be as many whites? Are you claiming they're the only ones capable of building technology?

The US has demographic problems big time. By 2030 it will be very bad.

 

[Mista]

How is that possible?

Did the US strike a special deal with Switzerland or is that the average unit price for the F-35 for US allies?

What was the deal with UAE (F-35) in terms of unit price?

‘Rigorous evaluation’ on F-35 continues as Singapore’s defence needs evolve: RSAF

DARWIN: The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will not be in a rush to complete its evaluation of the F-35 fighter jet as Singapore’s defence needs continue to evolve. Major Zhang Jian Wei, who heads an RSAF office preparing for the delivery of the F-35s, said there was no deadline on when i

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COSTS "CONSISTENTLY" GOING DOWN​

MAJ Zhang said the F-35’s unit and sustainment costs - the latter involving maintenance and flight costs - have “consistently” gone down as the programme matured over the years.

Reuters reported in July that the F-35A costs US$221 million when it came off the production line in 2007, before increasing buyers, production quantities and know-how helped the price fall to US$79 million.

Forbes reported in July last year that this latest unit cost compares favourably to the latest non-stealth Western fighters - like the Rafale, Typhoon and F-15EX - that cost between S$85 to S$100 million each.

In September 2021, the F-35 Joint Program Office awarded Lockheed Martin a sustainment contract committing the contractor to reduce the average cost per flight hour for all F-35 variants, from US$36,100 in 2020 to US$33,400 in 2023.

According to a June 2021 article by Janes, citing a former F-35 programme official, the cost of flying Lockheed Martin’s newer F-16s is somewhere between US$25,000 to US$30,000 per hour.

“(The F-35’s) current cost is actually better or comparable to current fourth-generation fighters,” MAJ Zhang said, echoing what Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen told Parliament in 2019.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Because there won't be as many whites? Are you claiming they're the only ones capable of building technology?

Remember Chinese are never racists...only white people.

Just keep repeating that until you stop questioning their eye-brow raising replies.