May 19, 201115 yr AvWeek gave great coverage of the hearings today in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on the F-35 JSF program. Some links of interest arising from the hearing: Joint Statement of Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter, USAF acquisition chief David Van Buren and F-35 JPO head Vice Adm David Venlet (PDF) Statement of Pentagon Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) director Christine Fox (PDF) Statement of Pentagon Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E) director Michael Gilmore (PDF) Statement of Lockheed Martin VP/GM Tom Burbage (PDF) (he apparently did not take any questions) Statement of Michael Sullivan of the GAO (PDF) And a brief assessment of the hearing from Aviation Week's ARES blog [excerpt] To me [Graham Warwick], three key issues emerged from the first half of the Senetate Armed Services Committee's day-long hearing on the F-35 program: the possible impact of the horrendous initial estimates of lifetime sustainment costs; concerns expressed about Lockheed Martin's ability to execute on even the revised delivery schedule; and Sen John McCain questioning whether Lockheed is bearing any of the pain.
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