>After determining the Lampyridae's design to be viable, development activity proceeded to the construction of a single three-quarter scale piloted aircraft. During 1985, wind tunnel testing of the design, including at transonic speeds commenced; two years later, a number of manned 'flights' inside the wind tunnel were performed, during which the favourable high-quality aerodynamic properties of the design were documented. During 1987, the existence of the Lampyridae project and its design was revealed to the United States in the form of a group of United States Air Force (USAF) officers, who were shown the piloted model, which was kept in a closed-off section of MBB's manufacturing facility at Ottobrunn, Bavaria, Germany. That same year, the Lampyridae project was terminated for unspecified reasons; diplomatic pressure on the part of the US has been attributed.

>The Lampyridae programme was conducted between 1981 and 1987. The reasoning behind the programme's unceremonious cancellation during 1987 is unknown, there having been no announcement on the subject made by either by MBB nor the government of West Germany at the time.[4] Aircraft publication Aviation Week attributed alleged closed-room pressure tactics on the part of the United States, who had recently been made aware of the programme's existence and not wanting a competing stealth aircraft to their own efforts to come to fruition, as having played a key role in its termination.[6]

Why didn't the US want West Germany developing a stealth fighter?

It looks like the product of an F-16 and F-117 having a long night together

>>57913891 (OP)

Because the Krautoids can't be trusted. They're almost as bad as the Fr*nch

What do you mean?

The stealth radar deflecting shape was based on their own R&amp;D, they weren't deriving it from the F-117 which was still classified at the time.

So what couldn't they be trusted with?

>what couldn't they be trusted with?

A halfway competent military

The Russians are using, for example, French designed and made optics. And the Chinese use derivatives of Siemens to rail technology to transfer Uyghurs like Jewish cattle.

The Europeans are not sufficiently skeptical.

>>57913891 (OP)

>http://aviationweek.com/awindefense/f-35as-still-grounded-luke-afb-after-hypoxia-reports

Cool source, Wikipedia.

>>57913891 (OP)

Because the Soviets would have caught wind of it and tried to create counter measurements against it, which would greatly hampered the already existing stealth fleet. While i enjoy the idea of having a stealth fighter being made by Germany, it probably would have caused more trouble than it was worth.



t. German

the Firefly is not the F-35

They'd be using the poorer quality export model

Which they French would know all the capabilities and weaknesses of

Trains have been around a long time

Well they eventually learnt of the F-117 a few years later and even got debris in the 90s and have done nothing with this knowledge

>the Firefly is not the F-35

Yes, but you copy pasted Wikipedia.

And the source of it being American pressure that lead to the cancelation is a retarded national interest tier "enthusiast news" website.

did the Americans not influence the decision?

Or would have tried to create their own, which would have opened an entire different can of worms on top of that.

Do you have anything substantial to show they were?

>late 1980s soviets trying to create a stealth plane

kek
