Air Force argues against slowing F-35 fighter
Published: Wed Sep 13th, 2006Source: www.washingtonpost.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cutting funding for the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter could unleash a spiral of schedule delays and cost growth, U.S. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said on Tuesday."Here we are with a program that is actually working ... It's meeting its goals, it's meeting its timelines, it's meeting its technology requirements," Wynne told reporters.
At a projected $276.5 billion, the radar-evading "family" of F-35 warplanes is the Pentagon's biggest planned acquisition -- some 2,400 aircraft by 2027 for the United States alone.
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