US F-35 jet plagued by shoddy quality control: audit

US F-35 jet plagued by shoddy quality control: audit
Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - The US military's bureaucratic watchdog on Monday accused companies building the F-35 fighter of shoddy management that could jeopardize the reliability, performance and cost of the aircraft. The Pentagon inspector general cited 363 problems in the design and manufacture of the costly Joint Strike Fighter, the hi-tech warplane that is supposed to serve as the backbone of the future American ... morehttp://www.spacemart.com/reports/US_F-35_jet_plagued_by_shoddy_quality_control_audit_999.html