
The Pentagon’s acquisition chief, Frank Kendall, said Thursday the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is on track to ramp up production as planned in in two years “unless there is a significant surprise.” Kendall told reporters on a conference call that he believes production quantities can increase to 44 in fiscal 2015 and to 66 the following year. The annual numbers of F-35s are currently hovering around 30. Photo by Lockheed Martin. “At this point I can say that I…