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Air Force

F-35 Stakeholders Establish ‘Cost War Room’ To Drive Down Prices

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, September 18th, 2013

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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The major F-35 stakeholders--prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT], engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney and the Defense Department have established a “cost war room” to help drive down lifecycle costs of the jet, according DoD's F-35 chief. F-35 JPO PEO Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan F-35 Joint Program Office Program Executive Officer Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan said yesterday the point of the cost war room is to keep the jet affordable in the future for the…

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