Nothing I wanted to read about but I'll post what popped up....
The photo is a press release by NAVAIR and the following statement is from the JSF Program Office...
But alas, he's crawled under a rock and is no where to be found.
Pathetic.
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| The first carrier variant test aircraft for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter takes off on its 100th test flight Nov. 29 with Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matthew Taylor at the controls. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin) |
The photo is a press release by NAVAIR and the following statement is from the JSF Program Office...
JPO STATEMENT ON DOD AND LOCKHEED MARTIN REACHING A TENTATIVE F-35 UCA AGREEMENTWhat I wanted to hear was a clarifying statement from the good Admiral. I think everyone following the F-35 wants to hear what he has to say.
The Department of Defense and the Lockheed Martin Corporation have reached a tentative agreement on key terms of the 5th F-35 Low Rate Initial Production contract, known as LRIP 5, which will enable award of an Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA). The key terms include agreement on a fixed-price type contract vehicle and a concurrency clause where DOD and Lockheed Martin will share responsibility on costs for concurrency changes -- modification costs associated with changes discovered during development. The UCA award will allow Lockheed Martin and its suppliers to begin production of the LRIP 5 aircraft and bill for incurred costs. The exact value of the contract and number of aircraft procured will be announced through the normal DOD contract announcement process.
But alas, he's crawled under a rock and is no where to be found.
Pathetic.
