Incoming JSF Chief Offers Harsh Criticism Of Program's Set-Up, Progress

By Gabe Starosta / September 17, 2012 at 8:29 PM
The next Joint Strike Fighter program executive officer today delivered a blunt assessment of the major changes needed to the way the F-35 is managed -- primary among them a reset of the relationship between manufacturer Lockheed Martin and the program office, which he termed "the worst I’ve ever seen." Maj. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, the deputy PEO of the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO), has been nominated for a third star and the program manager's job when Vice Adm. David...

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