Superfighter back on target

Posted on: Oct. 29th, 2004 || Source: news.com.au | E-mail Article | Print Article

THE largest military project in Australia's history, the $16billion plan to buy a new fleet of US-made fighter jets, is back on track after a series of serious setbacks, according to US arms giant Lockheed Martin.

The executive vice-president of the $US240billion ($322 billion) Joint Strike Fighter program, Tom Burbage, told The Australian yesterday there was now no reason the new plane would not be delivered to the RAAF on time.

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