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U S borrows Soviet design tricks for new fighter plan
Deputy Defense Secretary Packard described a plan to fund three or four independent design teams to fly first and ask questions later. The idea, inspired by Soviet methods, aims to create the best plane on its own terms with about 100 million dollars annually. Dassault and Mirage prototypes cited as comparison. The Air Force currently budgets almost 1 million for F15 development under a traditional fly before you buy contract with McDonnell Douglas.
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