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Who benefits from the United States making a decision to abandon the F-35 program?

By   Theresa Hitchens on May 13, 2021 at 5:15 PM WASHINGTON: The F-35 Joint Program Office is still evaluating when the fighter will formally clear its 20-year development phase after a new expert study of testing requirements, says JPO Director Lt. Gen. Eric Fick. However, officially passing through ‘milestone C’ into full-rate production may not matter that much, Fick told the annual McAleese defense conference today.  It will do little to change either how fast planes are already being built or how deeply involved the JPO and acquisition leaders at DoD and the services will remain ...

Russia and China Would Love to See the F-35 Fail. But It Won't. Despite its critics and foreign adversaries who would want otherwise, the F-35 stealth fighter jet program is and should be here to stay. In the last few months, a torrent of scorn has been heaped upon the F-35 stealth fighter jet program, seemingly just in time for the fiscal year 2022 defense budget cycle. The timing, volume, and the sameness of the talking points from the F-35 jet’s opponents is enough to make you wonder where it’s all coming. Not from F-35 pilots certainly, who overwhelmingly favor the aircraft over thei...

The F-35 programme faces the double challenge of an independent technical baseline review and renewed political scrutiny.

AIR FORCE NEWS 3/5/2021 By Meredith Roaten Air Force photo Officials should find a way to “cut our losses” on the F-35 joint strike fighter program, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said March 5. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said he hopes officials can find a way to spend less money on the fifth-generation aircraft, which has been troubled by a number of issues over the years. “I want to stop throwing money down that ...