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Canada Leaving F-35 Program Would Drive Costs Up $1 Million Per Plane

Valerie Insinna

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015

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Canada Leaving F-35 Program Would Drive Costs Up $1 Million Per Plane

The first two combat-coded F-35A Lightning II aircraft arrive at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Sept. 2, 2015. Photo: Air Force.

If Canada pulls out of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, customers of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] jet can expect to pay about $1 million more per F-35A, the F-35 program executive officer told the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.“If any partner or any service moves airplanes to the right or takes airplanes out, the price … goes up a little bit,” said Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bodgan during a HASC tactical air and land forces subcommittee hearing.…

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