The F-35 joint program office may have the option to initiate a block buy, even if the services are unable to invest until after fiscal year 2017. "If the U.S. services are not able to support block buy in FY-17, that would not necessarily preclude a possible block buy initiation for the international partners," Air Force spokesman Maj. Robert Leese told Inside the Air Force in an Oct. 21 email. "It would be the JPO's responsibility to develop the contracting...
