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From: x35147d3@usma8.usma.edu (Bergman Charles CDT)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: RE: SUPERTOMCAT/ATF
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Date: 11 Feb 91 05:26:34 GMT
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From: x35147d3@usma8.usma.edu (Bergman Charles CDT)
In reply to P. Hawthorne's message:


     You stated, "With four contractors on two sides of a development
campaign..."

     This is simply incorrect!

The YF-22 has THREE contractors: Lockheed, Boeing, and General Dynamics.

The YF-23 has TWO contractors: Northrop and McDonnell Douglas.

     There are five BIG contractors in on the ATF.  The Air Force is scheduled
to decide in April which plane will be the Air Force's Advanced Tactical
Fighter.   Northrop is the principal contractor on the YF-23 Black Widow II and
Lockheed is the principal contractor on the YF-22 Lighting II.  There are many
other subcontractors involved in this project including Pratt&Whitney and
General Electric who are in seperate competition for the engine contract.
BIG BUCKS, we'll see!


Charles K. Bergman
CDT USMA '93
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