Meet the U.S. Jet Fighter That Can Do It All ... Maybe -- Jane Wells, NBC
On a mile-long assembly line in Ft. Worth, Texas, Lockheed Martin is putting together a jet fighter that no one can match. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be stealthier, smarter, more capable, and more flexible than any aircraft ever built.
It better be. It's costing American taxpayers close to $1 billion. A month.
"It is a flying computer," said Steve O'Bryan, vice president of the F-35's integration and business development at Lockheed Martin. "Where technology goes, where software goes, the F-35 will be flexible with it."
That's important for an aircraft that the U.S. military and its allies are counting on to be the backbone of air defenses for the next half-century.
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My Comment: Another "puff-piece" on the F-35. My go to place for F-35 news is Eric Palmer's blog.
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