By Emelie Rutherford The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program's cost decreased slightly over the final months of 2007, and the effort did not experience a significant cost breach during that time requiring congressional involvement, according to a Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) on the delayed and over-budget effort. The JSF program's SAR, released by the Pentagon late yesterday, covers changes from September to December 2007. The report says JSF program costs decreased by $981.3 million--from $299.8 billion to $298.8 billion--over…
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