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Smith Mark: F-35 Program Must Meet Sustainment Cost Metrics Before DoD Awards PBL Contract

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Smith Mark: F-35 Program Must Meet Sustainment Cost Metrics Before DoD Awards PBL Contract
A Defense Contract Management Agency pilot taxis a U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II after landing at Eielson AFB, Alaska on June 25 last year. This was the fourth of 54 F-35As scheduled to arrive to Eielson by the end of 2021. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.), a critic of the F-35 program, is recommending that the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter meet sustainment cost metrics for two consecutive years before DoD awards a performance-based logistics (PBL) contract. The HASC Chairman's mark for the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Bill would require Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin by March 1 next year to detail sustainment costs and affordability targets for the three F-35 variants--the U.S. Air Force F-35A, the U.S.…

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