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DoD and Lockheed Martin Look to Possible Performance Based Logistics Contract to Help Improve F-35 Readiness

Frank Wolfe

Monday, April 17th, 2023

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DoD and Lockheed Martin Look to Possible Performance Based Logistics Contract to Help Improve F-35 Readiness

Four U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing at Eielson AFB, Alaska, fly in formation over Kadena Air Base, Japan on March 28 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

FORT WORTH, Texas--More than two decades ago, the Pentagon Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) approved key performance parameters (KPPs) for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) that set the availability rate at more than 90 percent. The U.S. Navy variant availability requirement was slightly lower because of the longer sorties forecast for that variant, while the Air Force variant was in the middle, and the Marine Corps the highest of the three because of its forecast of shorter sorties. Today, the…

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Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

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Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

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