
Pentagon officials have said that future sustainment of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 will require a mix of contractor maintenance and "organic" maintenance by the U.S. Air Force and Navy. At an Apr. 28 hearing of the House Armed Services Committee's readiness panel, Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fick, the head of the F-35 Joint Program Office, said that one option would be for the Air Force and Navy to spend about $500 million for the delivery of parts specifications…