Pentagon declares second Nunn-McCurdy cost breach for F-15 electronic warfare kit

Pentagon declares second Nunn-McCurdy cost breach for F-15 electronic warfare kit
Pentagon declares second Nunn-McCurdy cost breach for F-15 electronic warfare kit

A decision to slash procurement of the kits contributed to a 39 percent cost growth over a baseline estimate, causing a “significant” breach.

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Sentinel ICBM ‘on track’ for flight test this year: Senior USAF official

Sentinel ICBM ‘on track’ for flight test this year: Senior USAF official
Sentinel ICBM ‘on track’ for flight test this year: Senior USAF official

According to the Congressional Research Service, due to its modular design and increased throw weight, the Sentinel ICBM could be equipped “with two or three warheads to meet the international security environment.”

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Marines Add 13 Bs To F-35 Buy; Acquisition Costs Rise

Marines Add 13 Bs To F-35 Buy; Acquisition Costs Rise
Marines Add 13 Bs To F-35 Buy; Acquisition Costs Rise

WASHINGTON: At a time when much of the talk about the F-35 program has centered on trimming its overall numbers of 2,443, we learned today that the Marines plan to increase how many of the hovering B models they buy. Close observers of the program might not be too surprised by the Marines’ decision. At…

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Current F-35 Costs Drop, But Total Costs Go Up

Current F-35 Costs Drop, But Total Costs Go Up
Current F-35 Costs Drop, But Total Costs Go Up

PENTAGON: If you want to know how impassioned the head of the largest conventional weapons program in the world can get, then you should have been in the conference room here with reporters today. Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, who has wrestled the F-35 program back from the brink when it was a target of fury and ridicule, told reporters…

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DoD Acquisition Starting To Turn Corner? F-35 Costs Down 2%

DoD Acquisition Starting To Turn Corner? F-35 Costs Down 2%
DoD Acquisition Starting To Turn Corner? F-35 Costs Down 2%

  UPDATED: JSF JPO Details Each Variant Costs; Provides Other Details PENTAGON: The simple lead for this story would be: F-35 costs dropped almost 2 percent over the last year. But the real lead should be: after decades of botched programs, bloated budgets, technical screwups and long delays we may be seeing what Winston Churchill might…

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DoD Says F-35 Costs Drop But Hill Aide Predicts Rise; PEO Slams Pratt & Whitney

DoD Says F-35 Costs Drop But Hill Aide Predicts Rise; PEO Slams Pratt & Whitney
DoD Says F-35 Costs Drop But Hill Aide Predicts Rise; PEO Slams Pratt & Whitney

UPDATED: Adds Pratt & Whitney Responses To Bogdan; Adds Lockheed Statement Correction (April 18 at 10:55 am) CRYSTAL CITY: Pratt & Whitney got a public drubbing from the sharp-tongued head of the F-35 fighter program, Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, when the Pentagon released a new cost estimate for the military’s biggest weapons program. “Pratt’s not meeting their…

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F-35 Total Costs Soar to $1.5 Trillion; Lockheed Defends Program

PENTAGON: Lockheed Martin scrambled today to explain the latest increases in the Joint Strike Fighter’s costs, arguing that the three versions of the aircraft “will be comparable to or lower than that of the seven” older airplanes it will replace. Overall, the F-35 will cost an appreciably impressive $1.5 trillion over the 55 years it…

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