U.K.: JSF Shakeup

U.K. Prime Minster David Cameron today announced results of a major defense review, widely reported in British press in recent days, an assessment that calls for scrapping purchases of the F-35B, the short-takeoff and landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, and buying the F-35C, the aircraft-carrier variant of the JSF.

The review also calls for terminating the Nimrod surveillance aircraft program, retiring the Harrier jump-jet fleet, cutting the defense budget by 8 percent while bolstering investments in cybersecurity and unconventional warfare capabilities, Cameron told Parliment this afternoon in London.