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Pentagon: F-35 program costs fell $4.5 billion last year
The total price tag for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program fell $4.5 billion in 2012, according to a new government report. Comment?
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Pentagon lowers cost of F-35 program by 1.1 percent
The Pentagon has lowered the development and production cost projections of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by 1.1 percent from $395.7 billion to $391.2 billion. Comment?
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Australia may save millions on fighter jet
AUSTRALIA may save millions on state-of-the-art combat aircraft after defence company Lockheed Martin trumpeted the first ever fall in the cost of the controversial F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Comment?
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Pentagon lowers cost estimate on F-35 program by $4.5 billion.
The development and production cost of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter, the Pentagon's most expensive weapons program, has decreased by about $4.5 billion, primarily because of savings on labor, according to the Pentagon's latest cost estimates. Comment?
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U.S. power: Down but still unrivaled
Hard power. Soft power. Smart Power. Superpower. This is the language of foreign affairs, full of meaning but empty of measurement. Comment?
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Lockheed Martin's F-35 will go operational a year early
Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be in operational use by the U.S. Air Force in mid-2016, a year ahead of schedule, Reuters reports. Comment?
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Business group says budget shackles Australia to more deficits
Business groups have largely reacted negatively to Australia's budget today and questioned whether its assumptions about economic growth prospects were too optimistic. Comment?
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Navy X-47B to Make History Today
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... carriers. Because of its stealth potential and a range nearly twice that of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the X-47B and its successors are seen as one potential answer to the threat posed by medium-range anti-ship missiles developed ... Comment?
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Business group says budget shackles Australia to more deficits
Business groups have largely reacted negatively to Australia's budget today and questioned whether its assumptions about economic growth prospects were too optimistic. Comment?
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Australia gov't forecasts $19.4 billion deficit
The Australian government's promise to deliver a budget surplus in the current fiscal year has blown out to a 19.4 billion Australian dollar deficit as a fading mining boom coupled with a buoyant Aussie dollar slows the economy. Comment?
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Lockheed F-35 Should Get Safety Valve, Official Says
The Pentagon's top weapons buyer is backing calls to restore a valve on Lockheed Martin Corp. Comment?
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Local Air Guard in line for F-35 fighters - if base stays
If it remains a fighter wing, Fort Wayne's Air National Guard base is likely to someday convert from A-10 combat jets to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, judging by the talk of Air Force leaders. 2 comments
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IAI signs F-35 wing production deal
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Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin to produce wings for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter , with the company to begin delivering equipment in 2015. Comment?
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F-35A operating costs to exceed F-16, official says
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Operating costs for the conventional take-off and landing version of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are expected to be roughly 10% greater than those of the Lockheed F-16. According to the Pentagon's F-35 Joint Program Office , Lt Gen Christopher Bogdan, who leads the tri-service effort, provided some preliminary numbers to the Dutch ... (more) Comment?
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White paper says China not a threat
Australia has further cemented relations with China, declaring it no long sees its Asian neighbour as a threat, four years after warning against its rising military power. Comment?
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Defence to get new jets, patrol boats
... on Friday, also says the federal government remains committed to the advanced Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter due to enter service around 2020. But as a hedging strategy, the RAAF will acquire 12 additional Super Hornets with potent ... Comment?
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Top-secret Growler warplane bound for RAAF
... F/A-18 classic Hornets, which are likely to be retired as the even more advanced Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter enters service from 2020. It can certainly jam hostile radars and communications or even mobile phone systems. It can target ... Comment?
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Opposition sees red over White Paper
... extra 12 Super Hornet combat aircraft, while remaining committed to the advanced Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter due to enter service around 2020. The government will also bring forward the replacement of the navy's Armidale-class patrol ... Comment?
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Super costly submarines get govt nod
... Systems' yard in Melbourne. Mr Smith confirmed the government was committed to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) under the current timetable, with the first of three squadrons to enter service from 2020. "But there are still risks ... Comment?
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Joint Strike Fighter program moves ahead
That sound you hear isn't the wail of a next-generation jet fighters. It's a sigh of relief from the many manufacturers -- including a number in the Pittsburgh region -- who are happy the defense program is moving ahead. Comment?
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