Topic: Joint Strike Fighter Funds Approved

Team Infidel

Washington Post
April 20, 2007
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The Pentagon signed off on initial production of the Joint Strike Fighter, a single-engine fighter jet to be built by Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin. Funding was approved for two F-35s and materials to build 12 other planes. Lockheed Martin will build the F-35s for the Marines, Air Force and Navy. At an expected total cost of $276 billion, it is one of the largest defense projects ever.

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