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 alternative engine program, program origin and acquisition milestones, procurement quantities, management, internal participation, funding and cost projectio...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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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 alternative engine program, 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, planned total procurement quantities, potential for further cost increases and schedule slippage, program affordability and projected fighter aircraft inventory shortfalls, and implications for the U.S. defense industry; and examines Congressional action. |
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| 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. |