http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-israels-f-35s-to-have-unique-secret-components-1001162840
"What Israel wants to put in this plane is a story in itself. The US did not want to hear about the plans of the Israeli air force to do to the F-35 what it does to every airplane it buys: replacement of the original systems with systems made by Israeli defense companies, all of them secret, in order to adapt the planes' performance to the IDF's needs."
"They softened up, and we're already at a point at which all the Israeli requests have been accepted: all the electronic warfare, command and control, and communications systems installed in the plane are Israeli-made."
"Israel always wanted its own independent electronic warfare systems; if a new Russian missile is brought to the region, these systems can change the capabilities of its planes within a short time and adapt them to a new threat in the area. It takes the US months to make such changes, and we don't always have this amount of time."
"A senior general in the Israeli air force once told me that the more Congressional reports were issued about problems in the plane, the more calm and confident he was, because it meant that the faults were being discovered and corrected"
Israelin media tulee olemaan tältä osin mielenkiintoista seurattavaa, vaikka osittainen sotasensuuri onkin aina päällä. Paljon ongelmia toki ratkeaa kertaheitolla, kun alkuperäisistä järjestelmistä päästään eroon.