QDR Will Hold Line on F/A-22, F-35: Analyst

Posted on: Dec. 6th, 2005 || Source: defensenews.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) debate about the Pentagon’s next-generation combat jets has come to an end, and like most roller-coasters, it left the programs just about where they started, analysts say.

When it is released early next year, the QDR is expected to recommend that the Air Force buy about 180 F/A-22 Raptors and 2,500 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs) — about the same number the Pentagon had planned at the beginning of the year, said the Lexington Institute’s Loren Thompson and other industry analysts.

There could be small changes in production runs near the end of the decade, Thompson said.

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