The largest procurement program in the Department of Defense (DOD), the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), also called the Lightning II, is a new aircraft being procured in different versions for the United States Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. Current DOD plans call for acquiring a total of 2,456 JSFs. Hundreds of additional F-35s are expected to be purchased by several U.S. allies, eight of which are cost-sharing partners in the program. The F-35 promises significant advances in military capability. Like many high-technology programs before it, reaching that capability has put the program above its original budget and behind the planned schedule. The administration's proposed FY2011 defense budget requested about $6.8 billion in procurement funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. This would fund the procurement of 22 F-35As for the Air Force (with an additional aircraft requested to be funded from the Overseas Contingency Operations account), 13 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps, and seven F-35Cs for the Navy. The administration's proposed FY2011 defense budget also proposed terminating the F-35 alternate engine program, which is intended to develop the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 engine as an alternative to the Pratt and Whitney F135 engine that currently powers the F- 35. The F-35 alternate engine program emerged as a major item of debate on the FY2011 defense budget. FY2011 defense authorization act: The report on the House-passed version of the FY2011 defense authorization bill included language limiting procurement to 30 F-35s pending certification that the F-35 had achieved certain testing parameters. The Senate Armed Services Committee- reported version of the bill required similar, but different achievements, but did not withhold funding.


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    Titel :

    F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Updated April 26, 2011


    Beteiligte:
    J. Gertler (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2011


    Format / Umfang :

    60 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch