
Congress’ final version of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill halts sales of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Turkey pending a full review of all defense sales to the country and an assessment of its impending purchase of the Russian-built S-400 missile defense system.House and Senate lawmakers released their National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report Monday evening. The F-35 provision goes against Secretary of Defense Mattis’ call to continue the eventual transfer process of up to 100…