Pentagon Leaders Question Need For F-35B As DOD Eyes Accelerating Air Force, Navy Variants

By Jason Sherman / November 11, 2010 at 10:20 PM
Senior defense leaders are questioning the Marine Corps' need for its variant of the Joint Strike Fighter as Pentagon leaders consider a radical restructuring of the program that could accelerate the development of the Air Force and Navy F-35 variants, according to DOD sources. The move would shift the Pentagon's focus from work on the most-risky version of the aircraft to the least, these sources note. It is being evaluated as part of the Office of the Secretary of Defense's...

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