Report: Navy To Revisit 50-Aircraft Production Capacity For F-35B/C

By Dan Taylor / May 10, 2011 at 7:37 PM
The Navy will revisit its Joint Strike Fighter F-35B/C production capacity of 50 aircraft per year as the service deals with a looming strike fighter gap later this decade, according to the Defense Department's updated 30-year aircraft procurement plan for the Air Force and the Navy, obtained by Inside the Navy . The report, which covers fiscal year 2012 through 2041, notes that the Navy's investments in fighters will decline between FY-13 and FY-15, as noted in last year's report,...

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