All those planes are using F110 engine derivates and you can already see how complex engine integration is even within the same air frame and engine family.
No they don’t. F16 A/B used Pratt and Whitney F100 PW200 Engines
F16C Blocks 25,32 and 42 use PW 100 PW 200E
Block 30 and 40 introduce the GE F110 family but each variant of the engines is different for each block. Block 50 used F110 GE129 where block 52 goes to the F110 GE 229 and Block 60 the F110 GE 132
So you are already wrong.
Engine integration is a crucial aspect of aircraft design. You don't just build two fighters with two different types of engines. I don't think you could find an example in the jet fighter history.
Actually this happens quite often. The US F35 was supposed to have two engine options the F135 and F136 however the choice was made only to move ahead on one as a budgetary matter.
F15E models Strike Eagles in the US used F100 engines but F15 of the same type in export adopted F110s. Yes the Engine has to be built to a set specs however In this case along with the F136 the engine was designed to fit the frame and produce similar power requirements. The F119 was chosen for F22 but there was an alternative the F120. It’s more common on civil aviation but not unheard of for military to have alternative engine options.
It's also funny when people claim how 5th gen be integrated into a system of systems concept when the F-22 can't even properly communicate and share information with other platforms.
Because the datalink system is different and that was for a reason. NATO standard is the Link 16 system. Potential US Adversaries know that, As does the USAF. With F22 the Low observable aspect was given an emphasis so the choice early on was not to integrate Link 16 as its able to be intercepted and triangulated.
They designed a new datalink the Intra Flight Data Link however this system operates on a totally different method of transmission than previous systems and would require that previous generation aircraft be retrofitted with a IFDL pod like the Talon HATE in order to link with F22.
During F35 development a more advanced datalink was developed the MALD as an evolution of the same concept behind the F22’s IFDL but more data is shared. It’s like trying to get the Information of an IPhone on a Nokia 720. F35 introduced more information and sensors to the mix and changed how existing sensors that are found on Raptor see the world.
Both IFDL and MALD are line of sight datalink systems where Link 16 is a radio based system
And even the computing power and energy output of the F-35 is rather subpar. There is not a single 5th aircraft designed for an enviroment where the plane isn't just a receiver of information and decision making process but the central commando station.
compared with what?
There are four fifth gen fighters in the world and a bunch of hopefuls.
The two we know the most about are F22 and F35 because they are American and every hiccup the program has had is made public. Almost nothing is known of the systems and avionics of J20 and SU57.
Even the MFD of the cockpits are debated with fakes and Photoshops.
F35’s processors are getting a little old sure but those are meant to be replaced. And every few blocks they are so what is your fracking point?
F35 and F22 has built in from day zero electronic warfare equipment you Normally find on dedicated SEAD birds and fully integrated countermeasures. F35 even has towed decoys built in a feature normally podded on any other bird.
They have Missile warning receivers in both the IR and radar spectrums features not found on any previous fighter without being added on.
F35 took those updated them from F22 and even changed how they worked. The EODAS system uses the same number, speed and resolution as the cameras of the Missile warning system of the F22 but processes that differently allowing not just missile warning but also allowing the see through capability of the HMD in essence a all aspect IR search and track around the fighter limited only by the atmosphere.
Also engineering is not some strategy game technology tree where you need tech X for tech Y. Especially if Airbus the world's second biggest aerospace and defence company is in charge of it.
Oh you need to understand how to make and use materials that means that sometimes a tech tree is what happens. Have Blue led to F117 and that plus Tacit Blue, And Fly by wire from F16 lead to B2, and that lead to F22. And F22 led to F35. A whole series of prototypes lead to where we are today.
Airbus isn’t in the fighter business it’s in civil aviation with military Rotary wing and transports. There name Airbus is in English exactly what they do make Air Buses, transports. They had a hand in the Typhoon but it was BAE who designed the Eurofighter. And only after Airbus absorbed EADS did they get the 46% of the program. Even the French German Program is already pretty well laid out Airbus as Junior partner with Dassault as the lead for design and integration.
