GAO Official: Lockheed Still Having Trouble Building Joint Strike Fighters

By Marcus Weisgerber / March 24, 2010 at 5:00 AM
Correction: This story incorrectly reported Lockheed Martin had delivered low-rate initial production aircraft. The story also misstated information from a Defense Contract Management Agency report. The story has been corrected. Lockheed Martin is still having trouble building F-35 Joint Strike Fighters due to unforeseen production issues that are creating a backlog of aircraft as more orders roll in, according to a Government Accountability Office official monitoring the troubled program. With nearly 30 JSF aircraft on order and an additional 43...

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