Lockheed’s Not Cutting F-35 Costs Enough, But We Know How: Assad, Bogdan

Lockheed’s Not Cutting F-35 Costs Enough, But We Know How: Assad, Bogdan
Lockheed’s Not Cutting F-35 Costs Enough, But We Know How: Assad, Bogdan

WASHINGTON: Two top Pentagon officials laid out a multi-pronged push to lower the price of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter below $80 million apiece. The chief of the F-35 Joint Program Office, Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, and the director of defense pricing, Shay Assad, are underwhelmed by contractor Lockheed Martin‘s  cost reduction efforts so far.…

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Kendall To Overhaul ‘Chaos’ Of Pentagon’s $155 Billion Services Market

Kendall To Overhaul ‘Chaos’ Of Pentagon’s $155 Billion Services Market
Kendall To Overhaul ‘Chaos’ Of Pentagon’s $155 Billion Services Market

WASHINGTON: A plan to overhaul how the Pentagon buys services — a $155 billion annual business, bigger than weapons acquisitions — is now on the desk of the Defense Department’s top buyer. “It went to Frank Kendall this week,” Kenneth Brennan, deputy director of services acquisition for undersecretary Kendall, said. “He is the final signature” required to…

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