Takeoff-Landing Design Was a Key Factor in Boeing's Loss of JSF Contract. From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: October 31, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

By David Bowermaster, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 31--Throughout the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition, Boeing boasted that its innovative entry was unlike any aircraft ever built.

But there was one crucial technology Boeing decided to update for the JSF rather than develop from scratch: the direct-lift system that enables AV-8B Harriers flown by the U.S. Marines and British Royal Air Force to hover in midair and land strai...

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