F-35 Lightning II 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):

Defense industries.

Projection.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (25 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes the DOD Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) new generation aircraft R&D program involving the AF, Navy, USMC, and the British Royal Navy. Details program management, development and schedule, funding and cost projections, design and performance standards, production quantities, potential bases, and allied participation. Considers questions of concurrency of testing and production, mid-course risk reduction plan, program affordability, projected fighter aircraft inventory shortfalls, and implications for the U.S. defense industry; and examines Congressional action.

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 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program

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