F-35 News Updates -- June 12, 2010

F 35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter.

Gajillion-Dollar Stealth Fighter, Now Easier to Shoot Down -- The Danger Room

The jet that’s supposed to make up more than 90 percent of America’s combat aviation fleet may have become a lot easier to shoot down.

Lockheed Martin, makers of the Joint Strike Fighter, has been under huge pressure to stabilize the jet’s skyrocketing costs. Production prices have nearly doubled on what was supposed to be an “affordable” fighter. R&D money is up another 40 percent. Some analysts predict the program could run as much as $388 billion for 2,400 jets.

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