The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Pentagon to inform the committee of critical technical data rights for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter and how much it would cost to obtain those rights. HASC's fiscal 2027 draft defense authorization bill would mandate a report back from the Defense Department a year and a half after the enactment of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on "all critical technical data rights requirements for F–35 Joint Strike Fighter…