Comment by fooker

> I thought the F-22 investigated the technologies and the F-35 is the mass-produced version.

Sure, I'd think of it as a mass^2 produced version then ;)

> Not if every jet takes 20 years to develop.

Think of F-35 variants, not entirely new platforms. If I have to guess, one reduced to a barebones autonomous version built for the purpose to commanding drone swarms and dealing with incoming drone swarms.