Joint strike fighters 'progressing'
Source URL: http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Joint-strike-fighters-progressing/2007/04/23/1177180559303.htmlPosted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/2468
The development of Australia's next generation of warplanes has reached a new milestone, despite continual cost blowouts in the US-led project.
The US government has approved full funding for initial production of two Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft, the Defence Department said in a statement.
The two planes will be conventional take-off and landing variants of the multi-billion-dollar warplane, the world's most advanced.
The money also includes long-lead funding for six conventional take-off and landing variants of the fighter and six short take-off and vertical landing jets.
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