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SECDEF: F-35B Good, Industry Must Penny Pinch

Julie Samuel
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said last Friday industry has to do more to control costs with weapon systems when he formally announced work on an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter variant will no longer be on hold. Panetta visited Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., to publicly state he was removing the Marine Corps’ F-35B short-takeoff and vertical-landing (STOVL) aircraft off a probation former Defense Secretary Robert Gates initiated last year. The probationary period was intended to last two years and either allow…

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