sferrin wrote:
GD was bought by LM years ago. (The aircraft division, formerly Convair, anyway.) And northrop wouldn't be a "maybe". I'd put them ahead of Boeing, and it ain't close.
Oh I thought only GD Forth Worth was acquired and GD itself still had fighter manufacturing capabilities. Is that not the case?
Anyway I know Northrop has it. But fact is, they don't have a single fighter in production today.
Sure they build components like the Radar and stuff but they're not the prime contractor for the fighter itself.
Can they still play with the big boys. On the other hand, their last fighter design the YF-23 looks like it can still make short work of almost anything flying today.
Boeing...well remember McDonnell Douglas is now Boeing. Arguably the most experienced jet fighter company ever. Pretty much any fighter they make becomes a juggernaut in the fighter world