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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
Struggling in US, F-35 fighter pushes sales abroad
Tags: DoD , Boeing , DoD Report
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hagel orders review of US defense strategy
Tags: House Armed Services Committee , Buck McKeon , DoD , budget ,
