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While the General Dynamics F-16E/F Fighting Falcon costs $50 million per export copy, the F-35 is likely to cost between $110–130 million. [12] The exported F-35 versions will have the same configuration as the U.S. versions, according to Brigadier General David Heinz, program executive officer in 2009. [13]
Japan warned that it may halt its purchase of the F-35 if the cost per aircraft increases and Canada has indicated it has not yet committed to purchase the aircraft. [94] [95] The United States is now projected to spend an estimated $323 billion for development and procurement of the F-35, making it the most expensive defense program ever. [96]
The F-35 was the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, which was the merger of various combat aircraft programs from the 1980s and 1990s. One progenitor program was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) which ran from 1983 to 1994; ASTOVL aimed to develop a Harrier jump jet replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps ...
Photo: U.S. Navy, via Wikimedia Commons. It's 70% over budget, and years behind schedule, but that hasn't stopped the Pentagon from estimating that it'll spend $392 billion for 2,443 F-35s over ...
As a portion of the agreement, approximately $5 million per aircraft is being withheld and will be released as combat capability is delivered," an F-35 Joint Program Office spokesman said. The F ...
Lockheed Martin is a year ahead of schedule with its plan to cut the cost of its F-35 A fighter jet variant to $80 million by 2020, the U.S. company said on Thursday. "We have beaten the goal by a ...
The F-22 needs 30 hours of maintenance for ever 1 hour of flying costing nearly $50000 per flying hour. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.21.214.42 ( talk ) 18:14, 6 January 2011 (UTC) That won't be known with any degree of certainty until the aircraft is operationally employed for a few years and the operating air forces can tabulate ...
The F-35 program is the U.S. military’s most expensive. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us