F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program : Background, Status, and Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.

Armed Forces.

Military research.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (30 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes the DOD F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) new generation aircraft R&D program involving the AF, Navy, USMC, and the British Royal Navy. Details program management and schedule, funding and cost projections, and design and performance standards. Examines Congressional action, and considers questions of the need for a new-generation aircraft, program affordability, the feasibility of joint-service aircraft, alternatives to JSF, implications for the U.S. defense industry, and foreign sales and allied participation.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program

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