F-35 Cockpit Upgrades Exceed $440 Million in Overrun Costs as US Congress Grows Skeptical of Program Airman Gabrielle Spalding Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202104211082695583-f-35-cockpit-upgrades-exceed-440-million-in-overrun-costs-as-us-congress-grows-skeptical-of-program/ Last month, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), chairman of the US House Armed Services Committee, railed against the growing costs of the already well-over-budget F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The lawmaker argued the US should "stop throwing money down that particular rathole" and instead explore ways to cut the country's losses with the fighter jets. Despite the US government awarding Lockheed Martin a $712 million contract for F-35 cockpit upgrades in December 2018, the actual cost for the defense company to redesign the fighter jet's cockpit computer may amount to some $1.28 billion, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing disclosures from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).