JPO updates F-35 acquisition baseline, awaits OSD approval

By Courtney Albon / January 14, 2020 at 3:27 PM
F-35 Program Executive Officer Lt. Gen. Eric Fick has recommended a new acquisition program baseline for the Joint Strike Fighter following a testing delay that will push a full-rate production decision to late 2020. The schedule delay, which moves the FRP decision back by more than a year, requires an updated program baseline, and Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Mike Andrews told Inside Defense Fick signed the updated APB Jan. 9. Andrews said the Defense Department has received the recommendation...

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