Pentagon meeting held on F-35's future

Source URL: http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/548542.html
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The Dallas-based Star-Telegram newspaper reports senior Pentagon officials met yesterday, to discuss the progress of development of the stealthy F-35 Lightning II fighter.

With the program two years behind scedule and over budget, difficult decisions have to be made in the coming months. This meeting was a formal one by the defense acquisition board, but one of the topics discussed was whether to approve production of the next batch of 12 aircraft.

According to a Pentagon spokeswoman no formal announcement of the outcome of the meeting can be expected.

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