Editor's note: This story was updated at 6 p.m. to include comments from Lockheed Martin. Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter said today he expects the Defense Department to settle on cost and schedule projections for the Joint Strike Fighter program that fall somewhere in between estimates advanced by the program office and DOD's Joint Estimate Team (JET). Instead of picking one of the estimates and programming funding accordingly, DOD will aim to manage the program differently and mitigate cost drivers...
