
The Pentagon is exploring the idea of getting countries to commit to the number of F-35s they plan to purchase by offering cost incentives as a way to keep prices stable for the United States and other nations lined up to buy the fifth-generation fighter jet, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer said Thursday. Frank Kendall, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, emphasized that officials were still in the early stages of discussing such a plan and said it wouldn't be…