The Defense Department's official cost estimate for operating and supporting the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter over the life of the aircraft remains $1.1 trillion, despite a lower figure recently provided to lawmakers by the program manager, Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall said today. Kendall said the department will likely reduce its estimate later this year, but not necessarily as low as the $857 billion figure submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee by F-35 program manager Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan...
