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Air Force

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…

Congress

Senate Appropriators Concerned With DoD’s Reconciliation Plan For Top FY ‘27 Priorities, Aide Says

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Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]