Marine Official Sees Boeing Strike Causing 'Day-for-Day' Slip In JSF Program

By Thomas Duffy / March 15, 2000 at 5:00 AM
The labor strike against the Boeing Corporation, one of two competitors for the tri-service Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, may have already eaten into any cushion the program's schedule has and the Pentagon may be looking at a "day-for-day" delay the longer the strike continues, the Marine Corps' top acquisition officer told a House subcommittee yesterday. Lt. Gen. Michael Williams, the Marine Corps' deputy chief of staff for programs and resources, said until the strike started at Boeing, the Marine Corps...

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