Obama Administration Directs Update of JSF JET Estimate

By Jason Sherman, Marcus Weisgerber / July 27, 2009 at 5:00 AM
The Obama administration has directed a new review of the Joint Strike Fighter program, directing an "independent" Pentagon team -- that last year found the F-35 program needed two additional years of development and more than $15 billion over the next six years -- to update its findings in order to support Defense Department leaders preparing the fiscal year 2011 budget request. In a previously unreported July 10 memo, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn tasked the JSF Joint Estimate Team...

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