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Appropriators Question F-35B’s Weight

Julie Samuel

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

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A Marine Corps official told concerned lawmakers yesterday engineers have worked to control the weight of the developmental Joint Strike Fighter F-35B since tests showed it near its maximum poundage in recent months. House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) member Jim Moran (D-Va.) quizzed the service leader yesterday about the weight of the short-takeoff and vertical-landing (STVOL) variant of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] aircraft, which Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in January took off a probationary period intended to work out technical issues. Moran…

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