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DoD Comptroller: Further F-35 Cost Growth Jeopardizes Buy Quantity

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Thursday, March 4th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic Any further cost growth in the Defense Department's marquee tactical aircraft development program will result in cuts to the number of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft the department is able to purchase, the Pentagon's top financial official said yesterday. "I think we are to the point in our budgetary situation where, if there is unanticipated cost growth, we will have to accommodate it by reducing the buy," said Undersecretary of Defense Robert Hale, the Pentagon comptroller.…

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