Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

“You may have heard about this, but with the platform itself, we’re taking a pause. It’s at the time in any program where you really have your last chance to think very carefully if I really got the right design. We want to make sure we’ve got the right concept. We’re going to take a little bit of time to make sure you do, before we make a major commitment. That’s the biggest commitment in any given development program, which is to start design and development for production."

Source: Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall discussing the delay of a project to develop a suitable replacement for the F-15 and F-22 fighter systems has been paused due to concerns about the 'high costs' of the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter.

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