F 35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter.Gajillion-Dollar Stealth Fighter, Now Easier to Shoot Down -- The Danger Room
The jet that’s supposed to make up more than 90 percent of America’s combat aviation fleet may have become a lot easier to shoot down.
Lockheed Martin, makers of the Joint Strike Fighter, has been under huge pressure to stabilize the jet’s skyrocketing costs. Production prices have nearly doubled on what was supposed to be an “affordable” fighter. R&D money is up another 40 percent. Some analysts predict the program could run as much as $388 billion for 2,400 jets.
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More News On The F-35
Flight Tests Of Next F-35 Block Underway -- Aviation Week
The F-35 airplane completes ground-tests five months ahead of schedule -- Avionews
F-35 Lightning II Flies, But Doubts Remain -- Daily tech
LM, Navy mark first F-35C flight -- UPI
Two versions of F-35 undergo test flights over 2 days -- Star Telegram
Carrier Version of F-35 Makes 1st Flight -- Defense News
Canada: Harper bending to U.S. on sole-source fighter purchase, documents reveal -- Globe And Mail
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: 2009-2010 -- Defense Industry Daily
What Is Real (about the F-35)? -- Strategy Page
UPDATE 2-Lockheed F-35 cost now projected at $382 bln -- Reuters
JSF Price Tag Now $112 Million Per Plane; Program $382 Billion -- DoD Buzz
Lockheed F-35’s Projected Cost Rises to $382 Billion (Update1) -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Cost of F-35 still higher than expected, Pentagon report says -- Star-Telegram
JSF Costs Up - Again... -- Information Dissemination
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