Sign In
Search
Air Force

Hunter Favors Look at ‘Other Avenues’ to Lowering Air Force F-35A Operating Costs

Frank Wolfe Frank Wolfe
SHARE:
Hunter Favors Look at ‘Other Avenues’ to Lowering Air Force F-35A Operating Costs
An F-35A Lightning II takes off to complete the final test exercise of the nuclear design certification process at Nellis AFB, Nev. on Sept. 21. Test pilots flew to the Tonopah Test Range at Nellis AFB and released two B61-12 Joint Test Assemblies from operationally realistic flight envelopes (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Andrew Hunter, the Biden administration's nominee to be U.S. Air Force acquisition chief, said that he favors the examination of "other avenues" to reduce the operating costs for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A beyond buying more planes. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-Okla.), a backer of the F-35, said at a SASC nomination hearing that, while the F-35 faces sustainment cost challenges, there is "no other aircraft available today that offers the capability" of the F-35,…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.

Recommended

Air Force

Lockheed Martin, Ukrainian Air Force Discuss F-16 Upgrades

Air Force

Lockheed Martin Awards BAE Systems Subcontract for ASQ-239 for Lot 20-22 of F-35

Air Force

USAF Expects TACMOR Radar Contract Award In FY 2027

Air Force

U.S. State Department Green Lights More Than $2.2 Billion in Weapons to UAE, Egypt, and Kuwait

Trending

U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence Wants Recon Drones With Multiple Sensors
BAE Systems Unveils Prototype High Power Microwave System For Killing Drone Swarms
GM Defense Unveils New UGV, Aims To Have Tech Demonstrator Ready By June 2027
RTX Unveils New Rocket Motor-Powered Variant Of Coyote Drone Interceptor
GD To Deliver All XM30 Prototypes By Late November, Tracks Downselect Decision In Spring 2027

Congress Updates

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]

The Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers

Michael Harrison – SANS Institute

Force Multipliers

Michael DiOrio – Dataminr

Force Multipliers

Arne Brinck – Dark Wolf Solutions

Force Multipliers

Jags Kandasamy – Latent AI

Job Feed

Post a Job // Post a Resume