Vpanoptes Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 (edited) From today's AWS & T: "Officials at the Pentagon are required to complete their life-cycle cost estimates for the Joint Strike Fighter by the end of the month to certify that the $328-billion program can move forward despite a major cost spike. However, this has been an issue of controversy. A U.S. Naval Air Systems Command study recently stated that 65 years of sustainment for the single-engine stealthy fighter could cost about $442 billion (in Fiscal 2002 dollars) more than planned." Wasn't it one of Augustine's laws that stated that by 2054 (or thereabouts) at the present rate of project cost inflation the entire DOD budget would buy just one tactical aircraft? 442 billion $ MORE for the F-35? When does this nonsense end? -Dan Edited May 18, 2010 by Vpanoptes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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