Thursday, March 19, 2009

F-35B Joint Strike Fighter

A new GAO report says that the Pentagon's plans to accelerate JSF procurement could cost an additional $33.4 billion over the next several fiscal years. "Procuring large numbers of production jets while still working to deliver test jets and mature manufacturing processes does not seem prudent, and looming plans to accelerate procurement will be difficult to achieve cost effectively," the agency warned.

The aircraft that will eventually replace F/A-18 Hornet, AV-8B Harrier II and EA-6B Prowler.

Those aircraft are fracken old and need a replacement!