The Defense Department does not plan to cut its requirement for 2,443 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and does not plan to recommend a smaller fleet when it reports to Congress on the subject early next month. Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall told reporters following an April 26 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that the question of reducing or even growing the department's JSF quantity requirement is "a years-and-years-away decision" that will be based on a number of factors. "It's really...
