Transcription of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program - FAS
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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program - FAS
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program Jeremiah Gertler Specialist in Military Aviation April 23, 2018 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 RL30563 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program Congressional Research Service Summary The largest procurement Program in the Department of Defense (DOD), the F-35 Lightning II is a Strike Fighter aircraft being procured in different versions for the United States Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. Current DOD plans call for acquiring a total of 2,456 F-35s. Allies are expected to purchase hundreds of additional F-35s, and eight nations are cost-sharing partners in the Program with the United States. The F-35 promises significant advances in military capability. Like many high-technology programs before it, reaching that capability has put the Program above its original budget and behind the planned schedule. The Administration s proposed FY2019 defense budget requested about $ billion in procurement and R&D funding for the F-35 Program .
DOD’s largest weapon procurement program in terms of total estimated acquisition cost. Current Department of Defense (DOD) plans call for acquiring a total of 2,456 F-35s1 for the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy at an estimated total acquisition cost, as of December, 2019, of about
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