F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program : Background and Issues for Congress.

Describes DOD Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) new generation aircraft R&D program involving AF, Navy, USMC, and the British Royal Navy. Details program origin and acquisition milestones, procurement quantities, management, internal participation, funding and cost projections, manufacturing locations,...

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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], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures. Airplanes, Military. Defense industries. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Describes DOD Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) new generation aircraft R&D program involving AF, Navy, USMC, and the British Royal Navy. Details program origin and acquisition milestones, procurement quantities, management, internal participation, funding and cost projections, manufacturing locations, and proposed FY2010 budget. Considers proposals for alternate engine, development status and readiness for higher-rate production, program affordability and projected fighter aircraft inventory shortfalls, and implications for the U.S. defense industry; and examines Congressional action.
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.