
Boeing [BA] is preparing to deliver its first two F-15EX jets to the U.S. Air Force, as company officials said that the unit cost of the fighter is to be $80 million, on par with the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35, and $22 million less than projected by a Sept. 8th Heritage Foundation report. That report said that the Air Force budget indicates an $87.7 million per unit cost for the F-15EX--$9.8 million than for the conventional F-35A and a baseline…