Senate Panel Barely Turns Back JSF Threat

By Jen DiMascio .

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) nearly endorsed a move that could end Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter — and the effort may continue.

The committee’s top Republican, John McCain (Ariz.), sponsored the language, offered during the panel’s markup of its defense authorization measure for fiscal 2012 ...

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