Pentagon Won’t Pay More for F-35, Weapons Buyer Says
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The Pentagon won’t pay more for Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Joint Strike Fighter, which has almost doubled in cost to $92 million a jet, the defense acquisitions chief said today.
“We’ve got to get the cost growth under control,” Ashton Carter said today at a conference in New York. “Those who work on the Joint Strike Fighter know full well that is the expectation. I believe it is something that can be done, but I am not happy with the situation we find ourselves in.”