>>514210887
>it's going to hit the fucking plane when they test it cap this
Yeah, I can see a couple of issues with this.
But that is the brain child of Boeing engineers.

If it works it can theoretically allow the launch of very large rockets, but Boeing is doing Boeing stuff.

Remember the Super Hornet?
They discovered ingestion problem with the missiles launched from the inner pylons.
To remedy this they tilted them... outwards.
This in turn caused collision risk with missiles on the outer pylons, so all of them have to point outwards and thus increase drag for no reason when they would just have to tilt the inner pylons down a little.

This is the company who are awarded the contract to build the F-47.

Oh, and as a sidenote, Anduril will make the other leg in the 6th gen air dominance race.
Out of nowhere they will now build the YFQ-44 stealth air dominance drones.

The US MIC is in a complete mess.
Anduril seems to be the only potential glimmer of hope, if they fail the US MIC is actually done (in terms of making anything that works at a 5x premium to what it is worth).

>>514212097
>Should have turned it off and turned it on again
Unironically how they have to remedy some of the problems.
>The program is trying to quash bugs that force pilots to reboot in midair, GAO says.
>bugs that force pilots to reboot in midair
https://www.defenseone.com/business/2024/05/f-35s-are-piling-lockheed-tarmacs-presenting-unique-risks-pentagon/396646/

womp womp