Pentagon Reportedly Mulls Large JSF Cut -- Aol Defense
National Harbor: The Pentagon is reportedly weighing the benefits and risks of slashing 100 planes from the planned purchase of 2,443 Joint Strike Fighters.
Steve Burbage, Lockheed Martin's executive vice president in charge of the JSF program, said at the Air Force Associaton's annual conference that he wasn't aware of any such discussions. Burbage repeated standard Lockheed warnings that cuts would slow the ramp-up to production rates where the company benefit from economies of scale.
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