The F-35, the crown jewel in the defense giant's portfolio, has become one of the most challenged programs in the history of the Department of Defense.
The laundry list of setbacks includes faulty ejection seats, software delays and significant helmet-display issues. The program had an initial acquisition cost of $406.5 billion."This agreement achieves an average 12.7% cost reduction across all three variants and gets us below $80 million for a USAF F-35A by Lot 13 – one lot earlier than planned," Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fick, F-35 program executive officer, said Tuesday.
The contract announced Tuesday covers three lots of orders: 12, 13 and 14. Each one is essentially a batch of aircraft. The deal for lot 12 was for 149 jets, 160 for lot 13 and 169 for lot 14, for a total of 478 fighters for the U.S. military and allied partners. Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Juan Cumpston directs an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant to the catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington.The latest deal comes as the U.S. withdraws Turkey's participation in the F-35 program after Ankara brokered a multi-billion dollar deal with Russia for a missile system.
The S-400, the successor to the S-200 and S-300 missile systems, made its debut in 2007. Compared with U.S. systems, the Russian-made S-400 is believed to be capable of engaging a wider array of targets, at longer ranges and against multiple threats simultaneously.
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