Lockheed Martin claims up to 3500 F-35 will be ordered. A look at the price and the previous track record of the F-22 instead leads to a certainty that all orders combined will be lucky to hit 940. That is 1/4 of LM claims.

Created by Raahul_Kumar on 2015-05-21; known on 2020-05-23

• Raahul_Kumar estimated 100% on 2015-05-21
• JoshuaZ said “Deadline needs to be fixed. When is this due by. Also, what is the claim being made? Is at most 940 the claim? ” on 2015-05-21
• jesselevine said “I request you stop using this site as a platform to promote your political opinions” on 2015-05-22
• Raahul_Kumar changed the deadline from “on 2015-05-21” on 2015-05-31
• Raahul_Kumar changed the deadline from “on 2015-05-22” on 2015-05-31
• Raahul_Kumar changed the deadline from “on 2020-05-22” and changed their prediction from “Lockheed Martin claims up to 3500 F-35 will be ordered. A look at the price and the previous track record of the F-22 instead leads to a certainty that all orders combined will be lucky to hit 940. That is 1/4 of what Lockheed Martin claims it will top ou” on 2015-08-08
• Raahul_Kumar said “By March 2014 due to budgetary constraints the US Navy indicated that it would buy only 36 F-35Cs instead of 69 between 2015-20. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/04/lockheed-fighter-idUSL6N0M101N20140304” on 2015-08-29
• Raahul_Kumar said “Canada cancels 65 JSF order.http://www.smh.com.au/world/canadas-trudeau-will-dump-130-million-stealth-jets-australia-wants-to-buy-20151020-gke0u7.html” on 2015-10-22
• JoshuaZ estimated 28% and said “Interpreting as at most 940 ordered.(Also, comment to Jesselevine: I think that Raahul is just being very overconfident not necessarily promoting their politics.) ” on 2015-10-22
• EloiseRosen estimated 30% on 2015-10-22
• Raahul_Kumar said “Total number of jets delivered to 154, the Pentagon.https://news.yahoo.com/lockheed-meets-goal-delivering-45-f-35-jets-153711733—finance.html” on 2015-12-22
• Raahul_Kumar said “Reuters reported on Friday that the Pentagon would buy 24 fewer F-35s through fiscal 2021, about 5 to 7% fewer than planned last year.http://www.reuters.com/article/obama-budget-lockheed-fighter-idUSL2N15O20D” on 2016-02-10
• Raahul_Kumar said “The Pentagon’s beginning fiscal 2017 through fiscal 2020, covers the purchase of 299 jets (down by 37 units).https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-cut-purchase-lockheed-martins-193507368.html” on 2016-02-21