Boeing's Gillian on F/A-18 vs. F-35 Competition, Extending Aircraft Life, Ensuring Connectivity

BY JENNIFER-LEIGH OPRIHORYSAS 2017, VIDEOS

Dan Gillian, F/A-18 and EA-18 vice president and program manager at Boeing Defense, Space & Security, discusses the competition between the F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-35 Lightning II, President Donald Trump’s tweets about the two jets, extending  life of existing aircraft, and ensuring connectivity between the two fighters with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the Navy League’s 2017 Sea-Air-Space Exposition, held April 3-5, 2017, in National Harbor, Maryland. Boeing is a sponsor of Defense & Aerospace Report.

Original post: defaeroreport.com

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