Pentagon Cuts Four Lockheed Jets From Next Order, Pentagon Says
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The Pentagon has cut four F-35 jet fighters from its next contract with Lockheed Martin Corp., in part to pay for cost overruns on the first three orders, a spokesman said tonight.
The U.S. Air Force and Navy had planned to buy a total of 34 jets in the fifth order, for which negotiations are still under way. The order is now for 30 aircraft, said Pentagon F-35 spokesman Joe DellaVedova in an e-mail.