F-35 now 'unaffordable': Defense official

F-35 now 'unaffordable': Defense official
Washington (AFP) May 19, 2011 - The cost of building the F-35 fighter jet, set to replace a large part of the US warplane fleet, is "unaffordable" in its current version and must be reviewed, the Pentagon's top acquisition official said Thursday. "Over the lifetime of this program, the decade or so, the per-aircraft cost of the 2,443 aircraft we want has doubled in real terms," said Ashton Carter, the under secretary of de ... more

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