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F-35 Tops List of Pentagon Procurement Chief’s Troubled Programs

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Thursday, February 5th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic Burgeoning costs and schedule delays on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program occurred as the result of insufficient funding for initial prototypes of the aircraft, the Defense Department's top acquisition official said last week. The F-35 "leads the way in all recent cost-growth analyses" of weapons programs, John Young, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, writes in a Jan. 30 memo to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other top Pentagon officials. Young said the failure to build…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

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Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

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