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No. But the F-15EX Eagle II is.The F-15E is not being produced.
No. But the F-15EX Eagle II is.
How can production be ramped up? Is that a thing nowadays?Yes, I know. My office is right above the assembly line.
Is the commercial shortage of semiconductors an issue?Right now, the biggest hangup would be engine production.
How can production be ramped up? Is that a thing nowadays?
With the complexity of airframe production and long lead times on certain components, in the short term, no. Now, a production line can be accelerated if "the customer" is willing to give up certain things (paint, interior furnishings, some conversion coatings, some avionics, etc.) that would make the aircraft minimally combat ready. At the end of the day do you want to reduce quality to get the aircraft in the field?How can production be ramped up? Is that a thing nowadays?
I saw that in the news. I imagine Intel has received a mountain of cash to expedite that. 2023 is right around the corner still.It's not the raw stock supplies that are causing the problem with chip production, but rather the operation to grow the silicon logs to be sliced into wafers, for the base of the chips. There has been so much consolidation in chip production, that when the largest wafer production facility burned, it crippled production for almost all chip manufacturing. The log production capabilities that are still operating, are simply not able to keep up with needs. Production of the log growth equipment is very limited and is a long lead item. Intel is building a 20 billion dollar log and chip production facility in Ohio, but it won't come online until very late 2023 or early 2024 as of right now.