With almost nothing about the Hornet shown so far, I'm not at all surprised on the delay. If you'd asked me a month ago I'd have said I don't expect it before the end of 2017.
Now I don't expect it till mid-2018.
However, I was expecting 2.5 to be closer.
The Jedi Master
The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter