Ambassador warns of JSF delays, costs

Published: Mar 29, 2006
Source: www.theage.com.au



Australia's ambassador in Washington has expressed strong concerns about possible delays and cost blowouts for the proposed new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

In an address to a Washington conference this week on United States foreign military sales (FMS), Dennis Richardson said two issues were critical to Australia in buying JSF as a replacement for ageing F-111 bombers and F/A-18 Hornet fighters.

"One is that the JSF be delivered on time, because if it isn't, it's going to present us with a bad capability gap," he said.

"The other thing that's important to us is the unit cost.continue..