F-35 Lightning IIF-35 'Deeply Concerns' US Senators On Cost And Schedule -- Flight Global
Two US senators - Carl Levin and John McCain - have expressed deep concern about the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme's "growing costs and apparent delays", as the Department of Defense works to restore confidence in the development project.
The joint statement by the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Armed Services Committee, came after a closed hearing about results from the Joint Estimating Team (JET). The panel of Pentagon's cost experts has reportedly warned that the F-35 programme faces a $16 billion cost overrun and a two-year delay, based on current trends.
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My Comment: ELP Defens(c)e Blog is right .... D.C. is starting to wake up out of their nap.
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