F-35
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A case in point is Great Britain had planned on buying the catapult-launch version of the F-35. But rising costs and delays caused Defence Secretary Philip Hammond to switch to another version.
May 15, 2012 -
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April 05, 2012 -
The Defense Department estimates its major acquisition programs are costing $1.6 trillion, slightly less than previously estimates.
April 02, 2012 -
The Pentagon wants to rewrite the contract terms with Lockheed Martin over the F-35 fighter jet in the middle of the deal.
November 14, 2011 -
The Navy says its F-35C is different from the F-35A and B because of larger wing surfaces and reinforced landing gear, to hold up under the strain of catapult launches and short landings on aircraft carriers.
November 14, 2011 -
The Air Force, Navy and Lockheed Martin are pushing for training to begin on the new F-35 Joint Fight Strike Fighter, despite recommendations to postpone training by 10 months.
November 01, 2011 -
Winslow Wheeler is the director at the Straus Military Reform Project for the Center for Defense Information.
October 20, 2011 -
Congress stopped funding for the engine in this year\'s Continuing Resolution, but the House added the engine to the 2012 bill.
May 25, 2011 -
The Navy has awarded Pratt & Whitney\'s Military Engines division a modification to nearly one billion dollars in contracts for F-35 Joint Strike Force fighter engines.
May 16, 2011 -
The Pentagon has been telling Congress for years it doesn\'t want the F136 alternative engine for the F35 fighter jet, because it costs too much money.
May 05, 2011 -
After weeks of being grounded the three late model F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter test jets have been cleared to fly.
March 28, 2011 -
Flight testing of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters has been suspended after an Air Force aircraft experienced a dual generator failure and oil leak during a test sortie.
March 15, 2011 -
BAE Systems has signed a $3.8 million contract to continue supplying the secure operating system that runs the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter\'s mission-planning software.
January 21, 2011 -
Aviation Week reports the target price for the jet is $109.4 - $142 million per plane.
December 17, 2010 -
Is it the little-engine-that-could, or a zombie that can\'t be killed? The controversial alternative engine for the F-35 fighter jet is back in the news.
December 02, 2010