F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Becoming A Target For Cost Cutters -- Politico
It’s the Pentagon’s largest acquisitions program — an ambitious effort to re-equip the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps with the latest stealth fighter technology designed to maintain U.S. air superiority over the next 25 years.
But the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has already become a target before it has even faced an enemy in the air, and many of its wounds are self-inflicted: The program is years behind schedule and now estimated to cost $1 trillion. And the delays have forced the military to buy upgraded versions of older aircraft to fill the gaps.
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Lockheed demos future of fighter jets -- Orlando Businsess Journal
House bill cuts funds for F-35 jet engine. Pentagon, White House oppose GE/Rolls alternative as too costly -- Washington Times
Lockheed Sees F-35 Lifetime Operating Cost Below $1 Trillion -- Bloomberg
Panel Told of Plan to Reduce F-35 Costs -- New York Times
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: A High Stakes Game of ‘The Price Is Right’ -- National Defense
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