Senate defense appropriators have fully funded the Pentagon's $6.4 billion request to procure 29 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in the upcoming fiscal year, but have limited the department's funding request for a 2015 production ramp-up. As part of its $594.4 billion military spending bill approved today, the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee cut nearly $440 million from the $562 million request for the JSF 2015 ramp up "to maintain focus on developmental testing and software deliveries," according to a summary of...
