RUAG Eyes F-5 Upgrades

Just over 55 years ago, a new Northrop engineer named Welko Gasich became one of the first aircraft designers to define a concept called “life cost,” ideas he picked up from Rand Corp., his previous employer. At the time, the size and cost of fighters were increasing with every new design, and new ones were rolled out every year. Smaller air forces, particularly U.S. allies getting into the jet age with F-86 ...