Crs Report for Congress - F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (Jsf) Program: Background and Issues for Congress: July 24, 2009 - Rl30563 - Bog af Ronald O'Rourk
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), also called the Lighting II, is a new strike fighter being procured in different versions by the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. The F-35 program is the Department of Defenses (DODs) largest weapon procurement program in terms of total estimated acquisition cost. Current DOD plans call for acquiring a total of 2,456 JSFs for the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy at an estimated total acquisition cost (as of December 31, 2007) of about $246 billion in constant..