F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Gertler, Jeremiah

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Weapons systems;    Military aircraft;    Fighter aircraft;    Defense economics;    Defense budgets;   

RP-ID  :  RL30563
RP-ID  :  RL30563_2011April26

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), also called the Lighting II, is a new strike fighter being procured in different versions by the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. The F-35 program is the Department of Defense's (DOD's) largest weapon procurement program in terms of total estimated acquisition cost. This report details the Obama Administration's proposed FY2010 defense budget requests for F-35 program funding and outlines the issues that Congress must consider when deciding whether to approve, reject, or modify the administration's funding requests.