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Date : 03/11/2009 - Retour à cet article
Francis Lambert - (Fr001[at]operamail.com)
01/02/2010
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has sacked the marine general overseeing a $40bn (£25bn) project to build the next generation strike fighter jet.
Mr Gates said the F-35 programme had been plagued by problems and failed to hit performance targets.
He also said Lockheed Martin, the US corporation responsible for building the jet, would not be awarded $614m in performance-related payouts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8492430.stm
CMLFdA - (dude686[at]libero.it)
06/11/2009
Gates To Be Briefed Today On New JSF Cost Estimate, 30-Year TacAir Plan
Inside the Air Force, Nov. 6, 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates today will scrutinize the Joint Strike Fighter program and a new Pentagon cost estimate that suggests significantly more time and money may be required to develop the F-35, raising questions about the affordability of the current program of record as the Defense Department girds for an era of fiscal belt-tightening.