F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program : Background and Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.

Armed Forces.

Airplanes, Military.

Defense industries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (48 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes DOD Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) new generation aircraft R&D program involving AF, Navy, USMC, and the British Royal Navy. Details program origin and acquisition milestones, procurement quantities, management, internal participation, funding and cost projections, manufacturing locations, and proposed FY2010 budget. Considers proposals for alternate engine, development status and readiness for higher-rate production, program affordability and 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 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program

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