F-35 Joint Striker Fighter (JSF) Program : Background, Status, and Issues.

Describes the DOD Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) new generation aircraft R&D program involving the AF, Navy, USMC, and the British Royal Navy. Details program management, development and schedule, funding and cost projections, design and performance standards, and production quantities. Examines Con...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Defense spending. Defense industries. Great Britain. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Describes the DOD Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) new generation aircraft R&D program involving the AF, Navy, USMC, and the British Royal Navy. Details program management, development and schedule, funding and cost projections, design and performance standards, and production quantities. Examines Congressional action, and considers questions of the need for a new-generation aircraft, program affordability, the feasibility of joint-service aircraft, alternatives to JSF, implications for the U.S. defense industry and military bases, and allied participation.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.