JSF Costs Up At Least $2.5B: Rumor -- DoD Buzz
Defense Secretary Robert Gates will reportedly be told in a Tuesday meeting that the Joint Strike Fighter program will need $2.5 to $5 billion more than currently budgeted and also faces significant schedule delays.
The meeting is to discuss the Technical Baseline Review, which will feed into the November 22 Defense Acquisition Board meeting. THe TBR covers the current SDD phase of the largest conventional defense acquisition program in U.S. history.
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More News On F-35 Cost Overruns And Delays
Additional Costs Expected for Lockheed’s F-35 Fighter -- New York Times
Pentagon May See Higher F-35 Costs, Delays Up to Three Years -- Bloomberg
More F-35 delays, cost hikes in the offing -- Sky Talk
Pentagon’s Favorite Jet Delayed as Costs Rise Yet Again -- Danger Room
Lockheed F-35 faces more delays, cost hikes -- Asia One
Kill the F-35 -- David Axe, War Is Boring
Mainstream US media report signals JSF implosion -- Crikey
My Comment: Eric Palmer at ELP Defens(c)e blog has been covering this story very closely, and is the must go to place for any news on the F-35.
On a side note, you know that the F-35 program is in trouble when the "big guys" are jumping ship.
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