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Bogdan: Separate Program For F-35 Block 4 Mods Would Increase Cost, Schedule Difficulties

Valerie Insinna
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Bogdan: Separate Program For F-35 Block 4 Mods Would Increase Cost, Schedule Difficulties
The 36th F-35 Lightning II delivered in 2014 was CF-19, the U.S. Marine Corps’ first F-35C carrier variant. The jet will be assigned to the U.S. Navy’s VA-101 “Grim Reapers” Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. After arrival, CF-19 will be used for F-35C pilot training. (Photo Lockheed Martin)

Congress’ government watchdog office and the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) are at odds over how to structure the jet’s Block 4 modernization effort.In a March 23 hearing, Government Accountability Office (GAO) Director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Michael Sullivan argued that the Block 4 estimated cost justifies its management as a separate program, But F-35 Program Executive Officer (PEO) Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan countered that breaking it off would create an administrative burden and add to…

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