Saturday, June 9, 2018

It Takes 41,500 Hours Of Labor To Build A Single F-35A

The F-35 assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas. Lockheed Martin

Warzone/The Drive: It Takes 41,500 Hours Of Labor To Build A Single F-35A According To New Report

The time it takes for workers to construct an F-35 is decreasing according to a new report, but other issues with the jet haven't been resolved.

The first of the UK's F-35Bs arrived at RAF Marham today to much fanfare. It was a big, long-awaited milestone not only for the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, but also for the F-35 program. Meanwhile the U.S. Government Accountability Office, better known as the GAO, has released a new report on the status of the F-35 program overall. One of the most interesting tidbits in the report was metrics on how many man hours of labor it takes to manufacture each type of F-35 and how those numbers have changed over time.

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WNU Editor: I thought this was a high number .... but it is not. It took 13,000 man hours to build a Spitfire Mk V during World War II.

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jimbrown said...

41500 hours of jobs for voters.

Bob Huntley said...

Hence the need for war which has nothing to do with protecting America or spreading democracy to other peoples. Heck, they can't even give democracy to their own people.

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