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Pentagon

DoD To Conduct ‘Deep Dive’ To Make F-35 More Affordable

By Marc Selinger

Monday, October 23rd, 2017

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DoD To Conduct ‘Deep Dive’ To Make F-35 More Affordable

Hill Air Force Base F-35As fly in formation over the Utah Test and Training Range, March 30, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)

The U.S. Department of Defense is launching a “deep dive” with industry to look for ways to further cut the cost of the F-35 Lightning II, a DoD official said Oct. 23.“We’ve got the team assembled, we know what we want to accomplish, and we’re getting ready to go to work,” said Shay Assad, director of defense pricing in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.The “extensive,” year-long review will scrutinize the new fighter jet to identify ways to produce and…

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