I think a lot of folks are skimming the top of this and missing the really interesting parts.
Their focus doesn’t seem to be providing adversaries against pilots, but adversaries against weapons systems.
He’s essentially selling organic data to train JTACs against.
The goal here isn’t as much great avionics, but great combinations of sensors and sensor jamming.
The military focuses on having a combat ready fleet, while he focuses on a fleet that can provide lowest cost options to provide appropriate training data.
A lot of that fleet is made up of trainers fit with electronics packages and Cessnas similarly Frankensteined. Then the military and manufacturers rent it out vs maintaining their own limited-use fleet.
The hornets are great, not just because they’re sweet jets, but because of the electronics packages and maintainability.
...and then he has a paramilitary nut/Bond villain vibe that keeps the story less dry and probably appeals to the intended audience.
Their focus doesn’t seem to be providing adversaries against pilots, but adversaries against weapons systems.
He’s essentially selling organic data to train JTACs against.
The goal here isn’t as much great avionics, but great combinations of sensors and sensor jamming.
The military focuses on having a combat ready fleet, while he focuses on a fleet that can provide lowest cost options to provide appropriate training data.
A lot of that fleet is made up of trainers fit with electronics packages and Cessnas similarly Frankensteined. Then the military and manufacturers rent it out vs maintaining their own limited-use fleet.
The hornets are great, not just because they’re sweet jets, but because of the electronics packages and maintainability.
...and then he has a paramilitary nut/Bond villain vibe that keeps the story less dry and probably appeals to the intended audience.