Affordability Curtails Initial Israel JSF Buy

By Alon Ben-David, Amy Butler, Guy Norris, Douglas Barrie
Farnborough, Farnborough, Farnborough, Farnborough

Protracted negotiations between manufacturer Lockheed Martin and the U.S. on the next lot of stealthy, single-engine F-35s are nearing a conclusion as program officials close in on a new baseline for the embattled program.

But the shock waves of recent cost increases to the multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) continue to ripple; Israel, for one, is sharply curtailing its buy. Lockheed ...

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