Editor's note: This story has been updated to include additional information from the F-35 joint program office. The Defense Department will kick off a yearlong excursion in October to determine the true price of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and will spend the next year working with prime and sub-tier suppliers to develop a strategy to inject competition and incentivize affordability into the department’s most expensive program. The Pentagon’s pricing chief, Shay Assad, told Inside the Air Force...