Costs Still Haunt F-35 As DOD Replaces Program Leadership

WASHINGTON — The program is to get new leadership and Lockheed Martin is to forgo hundreds of millions of dollars in award fees, but U.S. defense secretary Robert Gates is “not sure” whether the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can avoid breaching Nunn-McCurdy limits on cost growth. The F-35 program is...

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