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Top senators question Pentagon move on fighter jet

The leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee suggested on Monday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta rushed a decision to develop the Marine Corps version of the next-generation strike fighter jet despite new technical problems with the troubled program.

Tags: DoD , Leon Panetta , Lockheed Martin , DoD Update , acquisition , contracting , John McCain , Carl Levin

Monday - 02/06/2012, 05:36pm EST

Struggling in US, F-35 fighter pushes sales abroad

Tags: DoD , Boeing , DoD Report

Friday - 01/27/2012, 07:13am EST

Japan newest F-35 Lightning II customer

Steve O'Bryan, the vice president of F-35 Program Integration at Lockheed Martin, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the recent purchase by Japan of the F-35 Lightning II fighter plane and what it means for the F-35 program.

Tags: Japan , DoD , industry , contracting

Wednesday - 12/21/2011, 05:04pm EST
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Military pay raise, TRICARE premium hikes part of defense authorization bill

Lawmakers have agreed on a $662 billion defense spending bill that includes a 1.6 percent pay raise, increases to TRICARE premiums and a cap on contractor executive pay, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees announced late Monday.

Tags: DoD , Defense Authorization Bill , budget , Congress , pay and benefits , TRICARE , contracting , green government

Tuesday - 12/13/2011, 01:26pm EST

Expert wonders if it's time to put F-35 out of its misery

Winslow Wheeler, director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information, says that the latest holdups with the F-35 joint strike fighter program are nothing new. He suggests that it might be time for the DoD to pull the plug on the ill-fated program and seek other solutions.

Tags: Winslow Wheeler , DoD , Federal Drive , Lockheed Martin , Leon Panetta , acquisition

Tuesday - 12/06/2011, 03:46pm EST
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F-35 program leader says production should slow

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production should slow down a bit, says the program's chief, Navy Vice Adm. David Venlet. Potential airframe cracks and hot spots are showing up on the planes, Reuters reports.

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , David Venlet , DoD Report

Monday - 12/05/2011, 04:57pm EST

DoD rehashing F-35 contract terms

The Pentagon wants to rewrite the contract terms with Lockheed Martin over the F-35 fighter jet in the middle of the deal.

Tags: William Welch , McMahon, Welch and Learned , DoD , contracting , In Depth

Monday - 11/14/2011, 05:29pm EST
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F-35 training may be delayed over security warnings

The Air Force, Navy and Lockheed Martin are pushing for training to begin on the new F-35 Joint Fight Strike Fighter, despite recommendations to postpone training by 10 months.

Tags: Air Force , DoD Report , In Depth , Wired , contracting

Tuesday - 11/01/2011, 04:47pm EDT

F-135 billion dollar contract changes

The Navy has awarded Pratt & Whitney's Military Engines division a modification to nearly one billion dollars in contracts for F-35 Joint Strike Force fighter engines.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Defense , contracting , USAF , Navy , F-135 , Pratt & Whitney

Monday - 05/16/2011, 09:40am EDT
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