The F-15 Eagle: Origins and Development, 1964-1972 [pdf]
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The F-15 Eagle: Origins and Development, 1964-1972 [pdf]
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Re: The F-15 Eagle: Origins and Development, 1964-1972 [pdf]
#2I don’t think I’ve ever seen the competing designs to the McDonnell Douglas design before. Were these public at the time like with later aircraft competitions? I’m thinking of the YF-17, YF-23 and X-32.
Re: The F-15 Eagle: Origins and Development, 1964-1972 [pdf]
#3The "Dissent and Decision" section is fun. Reads very much as a battle over egos and personalities rather than the technical merits of a particular aircraft.
Re: The F-15 Eagle: Origins and Development, 1964-1972 [pdf]
#4I don’t think I’ve ever seen the competing designs to the McDonnell Douglas design before. Were these public at the time like with later aircraft competitions? I’m thinking of the YF-17, YF-23 and X-32.
Looks like this is the best you are going to get, some photos in the answer: https://www.quora.com/Did-the-F-15-fighter-plane-have-any-co...
Fairchild Republic F-X: https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-5032893d14a8556ef65b4...
General Dynamics F-X: https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-725ce5a1fe83a987224ca...
North American Rockwell NA-335: https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-aad2b19e0e947f1cc2a4a...
Re: The F-15 Eagle: Origins and Development, 1964-1972 [pdf]
#5The F15-EX has been in the news recently. Interesting comparison and contrast with F35:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/buying-just-80-f-15exs...
Re: The F-15 Eagle: Origins and Development, 1964-1972 [pdf]
#6> OSD, however, refused to tolerate this kind of intransigence and in May 1966 McNamara ordered a joint review of the commonality issue. Conducted over the next 18 months,
the review confirmed that the needs of the Air Force and Navy could not be met by a single airframe. The two services argued that attempts to merge their requirements would produce, at exorbitant cost, a grotesque mutation with increased weight, and reduced performance.
The truth of this is again illustrated by the Joint Strike Fighter F-35 with its massive cost overruns and its reduced performance.
Re: The F-15 Eagle: Origins and Development, 1964-1972 [pdf]
#7Megaprojects just did an episode on the F15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgI7jDd7hww
Re: The F-15 Eagle: Origins and Development, 1964-1972 [pdf]
#8> OSD, however, refused to tolerate this kind of intransigence and in May 1966 McNamara ordered a joint review of the commonality issue. Conducted over the next 18 months, the review confirmed that the needs of the Air Force and Navy could not be met by a single airframe. The two services argued that attempts to merge their requirements would produce, at exorbitant cost, a grotesque mutation with increased weight, an…
"F-35 is bad" is just an internet meme with little to support it.
Re: The F-15 Eagle: Origins and Development, 1964-1972 [pdf]
#9> OSD, however, refused to tolerate this kind of intransigence and in May 1966 McNamara ordered a joint review of the commonality issue. Conducted over the next 18 months, the review confirmed that the needs of the Air Force and Navy could not be met by a single airframe. The two services argued that attempts to merge their requirements would produce, at exorbitant cost, a grotesque mutation with increased weight, an…
"F-35 is bad" is just an internet meme with little to support it.
We can revisit it after it is proven in combat, something that still has to happen.
Re: The F-15 Eagle: Origins and Development, 1964-1972 [pdf]
#10For those of you using CA Harvest Software Change Manager, it has it's origins with Hughes Aircraft and the software written for the F-15.
It was sold commercially as CCC/Harvest by Softool Corp starting in the late 1970's. Looks like Broadcom is the newest owner. It's still being used - the last time I encountered it was in 2009 at a large bank.