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

Describes the DOD F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) new generation aircraft R&D program involving the AF, Navy, USMC, and the British Royal Navy. Details program management and schedule, funding and cost projections, and design and performance standards. Examines Congressional action, and consider...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Defense spending. Defense industries. Military research. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Describes the DOD F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) new generation aircraft R&D program involving the AF, Navy, USMC, and the British Royal Navy. Details program management and schedule, funding and cost projections, and design and performance standards. 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 foreign sales and allied participation.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.