A forthcoming "deep-dive" review of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's cost could serve as a model for other major acquisition programs, according to the Pentagon's director of defense pricing. Shay Assad told Inside the Air Force in a May 12 interview the F-35 review would likely guide future efforts to better understand and reduce the cost of major defense acquisition programs. "It's a flagship," he said. "Other major programs, as we go down this path, need to follow this same...
