
Defense Secretary James Mattis on Thursday called for separate immediate reviews of the F-35 and Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization (PAR) programs, not long after President Donald Trump criticized the programs for excessive costs.Both reviews will be headed by Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work. Not only does Mattis want the F-35 review to determine opportunities to significantly reduce the cost of the program while meeting requirements, he wants a parallel review to compare the Navy’s F-35C carrier variant and the F/A-18E/F Super…