F-35 Cost Up $7.8B, Bogdan Fires on Pratt (Aviation Week)

 

Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) 2013 Cost Data Fact Sheet (Aviation Week)

F-35 Selected Acquisition Report, December 2013 (Scribd)

CRS report on F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program, 29 April 2014 (Scribd)

The Joint Strike Fighter/F-35 Program: A Canadian Technology Policy Perspective (Air and Space Power Journal, March-April 2014, pdf)

The Comanche and the Albatross: About Our Neck Was Hung (Air and Space Power Journal, May-June 2014)

F-35B will not perform vertical landing on UK exhibit:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/26/why-can-t-america-s-newest-stealth-jet-land-like-it-s-supposed-to.html

I've been remiss in keeping up with updates to the F-35 story here, but this summarizes the most recent developments.

 

U.S. grounds entire F-35 fleet pending engine inspections (Reuters)

Investigators Eye Third-Stage Turbine As F-35 Remains Grounded (Aviation Week)

 

Sources: Engine ‘Definitely’ to Blame for June F-35 Fire (USNI News)

Pentagon suspends F-35 contract negotiations until latest failure resolved (Jane's)

General: ‘We Don’t Have a Replacement’ for A-10, U-2 (DefenseTech)

 

CV32: I throw this in here because of the apparent conflicting views on whether the F-35 can effectively replace the A-10 in the CAS role.

Oh, and sure F-35 can effectively replace U-2 too, or has not very superior sensors? hahahaha

The Current Status of the F-35, in Three Charts (DefenseNews, Intercepts blog)

GAO Draft Slams F-35 On ‘Unaffordable’ Costs: $8.8B Over Legacy Fighters (Breaking Defense)

Pentagon Acquisition Chief Doubts UMSC’s July F-35 IOC Target (Aviation Week)

A-10’s Delayed Retirement Threatens to Push Back F-35 Program (DOD Buzz)

 

Oh, the irony.