DOD Official Stands Behind Disputed F-35 Cost Goal

Credit: F-35As: USAF
DAYTON, Ohio—The U.S. Defense Department’s top sustainment official says a $25,000 cost per flight hour target for the Lockheed Martin F-35A remains achievable by 2025. “I’m unwilling to come off the $25,000 cost per flight hour [goal] because no one has showed me that that’s physically impossible...

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