Senators are seeking new, legal ways to apply downward pressure on the cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program's current contract, Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) told reporters today. Senators might consider such options when the full chamber takes up the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill, Levin said. Levin had no comment on what specific options might be pursued, but he said they would go beyond the bill's current language on controlling the cost of the...
