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Pentagon Hopes Asian Allies Drive F-35′s Costs Down
The Defense Department intends to sell stealth fighter jets to Singapore and South Korea.
The United States are counting on additional foreign sales of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet to help drive down the plane's costs. Air Force Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan, the Pentagon's F-35 program chief, told the Senate on Wednesday…
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New Government Won’t Change Dutch Foreign Policy
Labor may be less Euroskeptic but the Netherlands will continue their hard line.
The Dutch Labor and liberal parties which announced this week that they had reached agreement to form a new government are unlikely to herald significant changes in the Netherlands' European and foreign policy. Although Labor is seen as more…
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Dutch Parliamentary Majority to Stop F-35 Participation
Opposition parties want to end participation in the Joint Strike Fighter program.
The Dutch opposition Labor Party on Tuesday announced that it would withdraw its support from the purchase of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. With other left wing parties, the centrist Democrats and the…
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F-35 Not Expected to Enter Service Until 2018
The United States Air Force doesn’t expect to fly the fifth generation fighter aircraft for another seven years.
The United States Air Force announced last week that it will proceed with upgrades of probably more than three hundred F-16 fighter jets to compensate for an expected two year delay in combat readiness of the…
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F-35 Faces Budget Scrutiny in US Congress
The Joint Strike Fighter Program is plagued with budget overruns and delays. Lawmakers are starting to ask questions.
Lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic are now openly suggesting that their countries cut back on their F-35 purchases. Mounting costs and numerous delays have made the West's ultimate fifth generation fighter jet increasingly unpopular. Across Europe, NATO countries…
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Italy, Netherlands Reconsider JSF Purchases
As the costs of the F-35 fighter aircraft continue to mount, both Italy and the Netherlands are reconsidering their purchases.
As the costs of the F-35 fighter aircraft continue to mount while the Joint Strike Fighter Program is plagued with delays both Italy and the Netherlands are reportedly considering to cut their F-35 purchases. Across Europe countries have to make cutbacks in defense spending. Italy and the Netherlands each prepare for many billions in spending cuts while British armed forces…