The Singapore Armed Forces will also upgrade its training with virtual reality technology and a new digital range, as part of its 2040 vision.
The team also visited Lockheed Martin's production line in Texas in July last year, where they attended a training session with United States Air Force F-35 instructors, tried an F-35 simulator and sat in a powered-on F-35.The F-35 is a single-seat fighter jet that comes in three variants: A, B and C.
Short take-off and vertical landing: This provides important operational flexibility given Singapore's land scarcity, said MINDEF.Explaining how the F-35B would work with the rest of the SAF's warfighting systems, COL Yap said the fighter's individual capabilities will multiply the effectiveness of other aircraft deployed alongside it. He described the advanced sensor suite in particular as"game-changing".
COL Yap added that exercising the option for the eight F-35Bs at this time served to leverage economies of scale from the current pipeline of orders, as well as hedge supply chain risks., which will be retired from the mid-2030s. In 2015, the US State Department approved the sale of upgrades to Singapore for 60 F-16 jets, at an estimated cost of US$130 million.
MINDEF said the range will be able to simulate a wider set of sophisticated environments, allowing realistic training for a growing digital workforce.
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