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Six in 10 Canadians want to scrap contract for U.S. warplanes: Nanos poll
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The F-35 requires roughly the same amount of mmh / fh as the Gripen, exclusive of engine and air-frame. What's been hampering the readiness rate of the F-35, which is below that of the Gripen, is the lack of maintenance depots. This was always going to happen because Lockheed planned from the beginning to sell the planes first and build the maintenance depots later. The F-35 sold so well that it outstripped the capacity to build the maintenance depots which created a lack of on-hand parts and technicians. This is turning around and readiness rates are improving as Lockheed slowly gets caught creating maintenance yards.
The Gripen has lower sales (that's not a knock on it) which made it easier for Saab to keep up on the maintenance side. They also try to get maintenance depots setup simultaneous with deliveries. IMO they've done a better job of managing things.