When the Pentagon next updates the cost information on its major weapon systems, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program will show a roughly 4 percent unit cost increase. The cost growth, to be ...

The supersonic aircraft is widely recognized as a top fifth-generation fighter jet, but the program has faced criticisms.

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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program has made strong strides by delivering and flying the first developmental aircraft, a new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says, but there ...

Article Summary - The F-35 Lightning II is praised as the world’s most advanced stealth fighter and attacked as a $2 trillion budget sink. -Lifetime costs have ballooned as sustainment, software, and ...

Article Summary - The F-35 program’s lifetime cost is now projected at roughly $2 trillion when you add acquisition and decades of sustainment. -That sticker shock fuels endless criticism. But there ...

Because of the “learning curve” and other problems in the Pentagon’s Selected Acquisition Reports (discussed in my prior post), objective observers need to find better data for measuring the cost of ...

The F-35 program cost $1.7T but early deployments exposed low readiness rates and immature software. The Zumwalt destroyer cost over $4B per ship but its main gun became unusable due to $1M per round ...