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Wed, 06/09/2021 - 9:22am
The Pentagon’s F-35 fighter jet, a revenue mainstay for manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. and Pratt & Whitney, is facing pushback over its cost, the greatest in U.S. military history for a weapon system. Two squadrons of the planes are assigned to Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks. (Photo/Master Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady/U.S. Air Force/TNS)
The Pentagon’s F-35 fighter jet, a revenue mainstay for manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. and engine maker Pratt &Whitney, is facing pushback over its $1.7 trillion lifetime cost, the greatest in U.S. military history for a weapons system.
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the costliest weapon system in US military history. It now faces pushback in Congress [Hartford Courant :: BC-AEROSPACE-F35-CONGRESS:HC]
The Pentagon’s F-35 fighter jet, a revenue mainstay for manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. and Connecticut-based engine maker Pratt & Whitney, is facing pushback over its $1.7 trillion lifetime cost, the greatest in U.S. military history for a weapons system.
The Joint Strike Fighter program and its supply chain that’s developed into an industrial system across the United States face few serious threats in Washington. But Congress could halt the practice of adding money to the president’s funding request and, long-term alternative programs could be in the offing.
The Pentagon’s F-35 fighter jet, a revenue mainstay for manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. and engine maker Pratt & Whitney, is facing pushback over its $1.7 trillion lifetime cost, the greatest in U.S. military history for a weapons system.