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Switzerland To Accept Fewer F-35As Due To Cost Growth

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Credit: U.S. Department of Defense
Switzerland says it will settle for fewer than 36 Lockheed Martin F-35s to offset program cost growth even as the country sees the need to eventually boost its combat aircraft force to 55 to 70 modern platforms. Bern had been evaluating the F-35 program after the U.S. said costs had increased and...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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