The latest Selected Acquisition Report for the Joint Strike Fighter program shows marginal cost growth for F-35 procurement and reductions in cost estimates for life-cycle sustainment, lowering the total projected cost by 2 percent over last year's data -- but still estimating a price tag of $921 billion in fiscal year 2012 dollars. FY-12 dollar figures are used because the F-35 program was re-baselined in that year. In total, and using figures determined both by the JSF joint program office...
