The Navy is doing everything it can to reduce the cradle-to-grave costs of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the service's top weapons buyer said in a statement today. The statement follows a leaked briefing that suggested the Navy's brass was concerned those costs would squeeze out other aviation needs. According to a Jan. 4 briefing obtained by InsideDefense.com , estimators at Naval Air Systems Command forecast the total operations and support cost for the Navy and Marine Corps JSF variants...
