Retired Navy Capt. Jerry Hendrix: the future of naval aviation

The Navy is analyzing results from F-35 Joint Strike Fighter testing off the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower. The latest problems of the F-35 progra...

Retired Navy Capt. Jerry Hendrix, senior fellow and director of the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program at the Center for a New American Security

The Navy is analyzing results from F-35 Joint Strike Fighter testing off the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower. The latest problems of the F-35 program are pilot weight limits due to ejector seat problems, a promise from the new prime minister of Canada to cancel his country's participation in the program, not to mention budget and scheduling issues with the Ford-class aircraft carrier program. Retired Navy Capt. Jerry Hendrix, senior fellow and director of the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program at the Center for a New American Security, talks the future of naval aviation with In Depth with Francis Rose.

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