Neither of the JSF competitors is trying to beat the other to first flight

FIRST FLIGHT: Neither of the Joint Strike Fighter competitors is trying to beat the other to first flight, despite the view of some that it has become a horserace. "Contractually and programmatically there is no real significance who flies first," says a Boeing spokesman, "just that we fly safely...

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