Photo: Risky choice: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) in flight (www.is.northropgrumman.com)
Pentagon General Issues Warning On JSF Blow-Outs -- ABC News (Australia)
The multi-billion-dollar F-35 Joint Strike Fighter chosen by Australia as its replacement combat aircraft is again flying through turbulence, with strong criticism from a Pentagon general about the system used to build it.
The Joint Strike Fighter has been billed as the smartest fighter jet on the planet, designed to strike enemies in the air and on the ground without being detected by radar.
But Australia's most expensive defence acquisition has experienced soaring costs and is now at least five years late.
US Air Force Lieutenant General Chris Bogdan, who has recently taken over as head of the JSF project team, says putting the plane into production before it has been tested properly - a process called concurrency - has caused major problems.
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