When the Pentagon next updates the cost information on its major weapon systems, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program will show a roughly 4 percent unit cost increase. The cost growth, to be ...

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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program has made strong strides by delivering and flying the first developmental aircraft, a new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says, but there ...

Article Summary - The F-35 program’s lifetime cost is now projected at roughly $2 trillion when you add acquisition and decades of sustainment. -That sticker shock fuels endless criticism. But there ...