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Software sustainment and recurring Block upgrades materially drive the F‑35’s long‑term per‑flight‑hour costs because they carry schedule risk, budget overruns and add lifecycle work that is often fol...
Public reporting and industry statements give conflicting pictures: Saab and some secondary outlets report Gripen C/D at about $20,600–$22,100 per flight hour and F-35A over $46,000 per hour (Saab-sou...
A clear numeric answer depends on which published per‑flight‑hour figure is used: using Saab/Aviation Week’s 2023 estimate of about $22,174 per flight hour yields an annual operating bill of roughly $...
Publicly reported cost-per-flight-hour (CPFH) estimates for the Gripen E and the F‑16 Block 70 vary widely: independent summaries often put the Gripen E in the ~$4,700–$7,000/hr band while many recent...
Independent, side-by-side studies that calculate per‑flight‑hour operating costs of the F‑35A versus the Gripen E over a 30‑year service life do not appear in the supplied reporting; what exists in th...
Available reporting shows Lilium sought new capital around late 2024 and early 2025 via an investor consortium (Mobile Uplift Corporation) that agreed to invest roughly €200–€205 million to restart op...
Available reporting in the provided corpus does not mention any specific arrests or link them to broader surveillance or intelligence operations; the results instead focus on surveillance programs, th...