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Air Force

F-35 Program Goes After Affordability, Officials Tell Senators

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

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Driving down production costs and attacking long-term lifecycle costs are a top priority for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, service and program office officials yesterday told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Airland panel. “Affordability remains the department’s and my top priority," Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, program executive officer F-35 Lightning Joint Program Office (JPO), said. The program is making slow but steady progress with production costs continuing to come down, Bogdan said. Lockheed Martin [LMT] is…

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