Maintainer workforce remains a concern

Improved F-35 Sustainment Planning Could Help Control Cost, Risk

/ July 23, 2015 at 5:52 PM
Longer-term F-35 Joint Strike Fighter sustainment and modification planning could reduce costs over time, allowing the joint program office to better understand and prepare for future workload requirements, according to the JPO's deputy director of sustainment. Charlie Brown told InsideDefense.com in a July 16 interview that every six months program leadership plans its work for the next two years, prioritizing based on whatever the fleet needs are at that time. Brown plans to stretch that window to four years in...

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