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$2,000,000,000,000: Why the F-35 Stealth Fighter Has Such An Insane Price Tag

The F-35 program’s lifetime cost is now projected at roughly $2 trillion when you add acquisition and decades of sustainment.
Morning Overview on MSNOpinion

The F-35 price tag tops some national budgets

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is no longer just a weapons program, it is a line item that rivals the annual spending of ...
Quad-City Times

Surprise! Lockheed Martin's "Expensive" F-35 Now Costs Less than a Boeing F/A-18

And so Trump tweeted that, if Lockheed Martin didn't move quickly to cut the cost of the F-35, he would "price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet" from Boeing (NYSE: BA) and buy that instead. (At the ...
Ottawa Citizen

Canada’s battle of the fighter jets: F-35 vs the Gripen

F-35 advocates point out that the aircraft is fully interoperable with U.S. aircraft, a key point for defending North America as well as use in NATO operations. The jet, built by Lockheed Martin, is ...
The Aviationist

Switzerland Faces F-35 Procurement Uncertainty Amid Rising Costs and Tariff Pressures

Bern reviews fighter jet plans after U.S. cost hike, legal dispute over “fixed price,” and public protests against steep import tariffs. Switzerland’s long-planned acquisition of the Lockheed Martin F ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Swiss, US officials fail to set F-35 deal

Switzerland may cut its order of 36 Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 stealth fighters after failing to push through a fixed-price deal with the U.S. government, driving up the cost by as much as $1.6 ...
The National Interest

The F-35 Block 4 Fighter Will Be Delayed By At Least 2 Years

In 2024, every single one of the 110 fighters delivered by Lockheed was delivered late. The F-35 Lightning II’s latest modernization package is now delayed by at least two years. According to a report ...