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Affordability Remains Priority for Joint Strike Fighter Program
Affordability remains the priority for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, the Pentagon’s program executive officer for the Defense Department’s most expensive procurement told Congress yesterday. Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan told the Senate Armed Services Committee’s airland subcommittee that the program has made progress, but he acknowledged it is enormously complicated [...]
Iraq, Afghan wars to cost US up to $6 trillion: study
The Iraq and Afghanistan wars will cost the United States between $4-6 trillion in the long term, constraining the government’s budget for decades to come, a study said. Harvard University scholar Linda Bilmes concluded that the United States will face increasing costs to care for an estimated 2.5 million veterans, and to pay down debt [...]
Air Force Increases Projected KC-46 Flying Hours, Crew Ratio
The Air Force has increased planned life-cycle flying hours and aircrews assigned to the new KC-46A refueling tanker to make optimal use of the commercially-proven aircraft’s fuel efficiency, cargo and aeromedical evacuation capabilities. Compared to the Eisenhower-era KC-135 Stratotanker, the KC-46 is projected to have improved fuel efficiency, a greater fuel capacity, and much more [...]
Fighter Aircraft: Better Cost Estimates Needed for Extending the Service Life of Selected F-16s and F/A-18s
The Air Force plans to upgrade and extend the service life of 300 F-16 aircraft and the Navy 150 F/A-18 aircraft, at a combined cost estimated at almost $5 billion in fiscal year 2013 dollars. The Air Force plans to extend the service life of selected F-16s by 2,000 flying hours each as well as [...]
Army Shake-Up May Cost Entire Battalions
The Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, is warning the Army faces the loss or merger of whole units as its regular strength is cut by 20,000 over the next decade. He insists he’s not abandoning the regimental system, but says “difficult decisions” cannot be avoided as the Army is scaled back. Addressing the Royal United Services [...]
NATO moves to share costs of military hardware
NATO on Sunday approved more than 20 joint projects designed to share the costs of weapons and equipment at a time when member states face shrinking defense budgets. Here are the highlights of the alliance’s “smart defense” initiative presented at the NATO summit in Chicago: ROBOTS FOR ROUTE CLEARING Led by Italy, a group of [...]
New Standalone Launching System Significantly Reduces Weapons Integration Costs
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated the latest variant of its new launching system that maximizes the use of existing hardware and electronics to reduce the integration costs of weapons by more than 50 percent. During a May 5 test at the Royal Australian Air Force’s Woomera Test Range in South Australia, the new Extensible Launching System [...]
F-35 costs have US partners worried
Countries backing the Pentagon’s new F-35 fighter jet are anxious about the program’s spiraling costs and incessant delays, with some postponing or cutting investments as they wait to see if the aircraft lives up to its promise. The United States touts the Joint Strike Fighter as a technological wonder that will slip past enemy radar [...]
Britain to make U-turn on fighter jet upgrade: report
Britain was on Thursday to announce it was scrapping plans to buy the preferred fighter jet for its two new aircraft carriers due to delays and spiraling costs, the BBC reported. Prime Minister David Cameron had wanted the more capable F-35C joint strike fighter (JSF), which required catapults and arrester gear to be fitted to [...]
