Next F-35 Deal Expected Soon, But Multi-Year Strategy Shifts

Credit: USAF
The Defense Department’s acquisition leader said on May 10 that she expects to sign the next production contract for hundreds of F-35s by July, but pulled back from the program’s previous plan to switch to a multi-year order for U.S. aircraft starting in 2021. A contract signing by July would break...

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