Saturday, August 1, 2009

F-35 News Updates -- August 1, 2009


Pentagon Reassessing F-35 Cost Estimates -- Aviation Week

FORT WORTH, Texas — Lockheed Martin briefed U.S. Defense Department cost estimators July 29 as they reassess projections for the F-35 amid concerns that continued disagreement between higher independent and lower program office development cost figures could spell trouble for the Joint Strike Fighter.

Officials from the Pentagon’s Office of Program Analysis & Evaluation, Cost Analysis Improvement Group and Joint Estimating Team (JET) were to be briefed on progress with the development program July 29 at Lockheed’s plant here, F-35 Program General Manager Dan Crowley said at the July 28 rollout of the first U.S. Navy F-35C variant.

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More News On The F-35

Lockheed: budgeting strategy could add billions to JSF's development costs -- Flight Global
Reality of F-35 Procurement? -- F-16.net
Lockheed Martin's F-35 Carrier fighter unveiled in Fort Worth -- Dallas News
Navy Rolls Out Joint Strike Fighter -- Military.com
Lockheed Martin rolls-out first F-35C Lightning II at Fort Worth -- Defpro
Lockheed Martin Rolls Out the F-35C -- Defense Update
Navy Backs Single Engine As F-35C Rolls Out -- Aviation Week
Navy endorses single-engine F-35 fighter -- Foreign Policy
New vote backs competitive engine strategy for F-35 -- Flight Global
Rolls-Royce cheers vote on F-35 engine project -- Indystar.com
Air Force Re-evaluates Site For New F-35 Bomber -- Arizona Republic

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