The Joint Requirements Oversight Council approved the Block 4 capability development plan last month for the Joint Strike Fighter, about 15 months late, and a cost estimate from the office of the secretary of defense will wrap up this summer, according to a program official. Rear Adm. Mat Winter, F-35 deputy program executive officer, told Inside Defense April 5 during the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space Symposium that the JROC signed off on the plan in middle to late March. The program...
