The initial F-35 Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft built by Lockheed Martin is shown in flight over North Texas in October. Photo courtesy of Pratt & WhitneyF-35 Fighter Program Has Serious Problems, Report Indicates -- McClatchy News
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other Pentagon officials have made it clear in recent weeks that they are unhappy about the F-35 joint strike fighter program.
The reasons are likewise clearly evident in the contents of internal government documents reviewed by the Star-Telegram.
Monthly reports prepared by the Defense Contract Management Agency show that as recently as mid-November, development of the F-35 was in serious disarray. Lockheed Martin and other contractors were producing key components and completing airplanes more slowly, not faster, documents show.
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