Norway Goes Wobbly on JSF

Published: Nov 28, 2005
Source: www.defensenews.com



Norway, which once expected to buy Lockheed Martin’s Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to replace its Air Force’s aging F-16s, is now looking at other options, particularly the Eurofighter Typhoon.

The country, which is contributing $15 million a year to the U.S.-led effort to develop the JSF, provisionally earmarked $8 billion to buy several dozen aircraft. But the new Labor-led government elected in October is reopening the debate.

“There appears to be a feeling out there that a decision to purchase F-35 aircraft was as good as a done deal,” said Espen Barth Eide, the Defense Ministry’s undersecretary of state.continue..