Lockheed Addressing F-35 ‘Development Risks,’ Congress Told
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Lockheed Martin Corp. and the U.S. Defense Department have begun a “risk management” program to keep the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter within budget and on schedule, U.S. defense officials told Congress today.
“We want it, but it has to be affordable,” Ashton Carter, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, told the Senate Armed Services committee. “At the moment in its projections, it’s not.”