美国2015财年可能购买34架F-35

依据dodbuzz网站的消息，受到财政节支影响，美国2015年国防预算中F35采购数从计划的42架减为34架
The U.S. Defense Department plans to buy eight fewer F-35 fighter jets in fiscal 2015, according to a news report.

The Pentagon will request funding for 34 of the aircraft in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, including 26 of the Air Force’s conventional model, six of the Marine Corps’ vertical-landing version, and two of the Navy’s aircraft carrier variant, according to an article by Tony Capaccio of Bloomberg News.
分类是26架A型，6架B型，2架C型，海军进度最慢
That’s down from 42 planes the department previously projected it would buy during the period, but up from the 29 aircraft it’s buying this year, it stated.
2014财年美国购买了29架（不算入外国伙伴的订购数）
美国减少订购的原因是财政节支导致国防预算缩水400亿美元。
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel may touch on the planned F-35 reductions when he outlines the department’s proposed budget next week before the spending plan’s official March 4 release.

“Will there be cuts across the board?” he recently said of the budget. “Of course there will. You can’t do it any other way. Are there going to be adjustments across the board? Of course. But you must preserve readiness and modernization.”

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is the Pentagon’s most expensive acquisition effort, estimated last year to cost $391 billion to develop and build a total of 2,457 F-35 Lightning IIs. The fifth-generation, single-engine jet is made by Lockheed Martin Corp. and designed to replace such aircraft as the F-16, A-10, F/A-18 and AV-8B.

In a recent  segment on “60 Minutes,” titled, “Is the F-35 Worth It?” David Martin, national security correspondent for CBS News, noted that the program is seven years behind schedule and $163 billion over budget.

The piece also touched on the aircraft’s many developmental problems, including improperly installed valves, gaps in the stealth coating, wingtip lights that failed to meet Federal Aviation Administration standards, tires that blow out too frequently and software glitches impacting everything from the helmet-mounted display to the automated parts-replacement system, known as the Autonomic Logistics Information System, or ALIS (pronounced “Alice”).

And just last month, the Pentagon’s top weapons tester, J. Michael Gilmore, concluded the military’s newest and most advanced fighter jet has cracked during flight tests and isn’t yet reliable for combat operations.

Even so, military officials say the program has passed the point of no return. “I don’t see any scenario where we’re walking back away from this program,” Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan told Martin.

Watchdogs criticized the segment as overly optimistic. “CBS missed the big picture,” said William Hartung, the director of the Center for International Policy’s Arms & Security Project who authored a book about the aircraft’s manufacturer, titled, “Prophets of War.”

“The F-35 is overpriced and underperforming,” he said in a statement. “But is also unnecessary for addressing our most urgent 21st century threats. It’s a bad deal for taxpayers and a bad choice for our security.”

Lockheed, based in Bethesda, Md., didn’t participate in the television broadcast, but in a statement acknowledged the program’s problems. “We are working with our partners, customers and suppliers to address these challenges,” it said in a statement to the network.
连接：http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/02/1 ... ewer-f-35s-in-2015/依据dodbuzz网站的消息，受到财政节支影响，美国2015年国防预算中F35采购数从计划的42架减为34架
The U.S. Defense Department plans to buy eight fewer F-35 fighter jets in fiscal 2015, according to a news report.

The Pentagon will request funding for 34 of the aircraft in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, including 26 of the Air Force’s conventional model, six of the Marine Corps’ vertical-landing version, and two of the Navy’s aircraft carrier variant, according to an article by Tony Capaccio of Bloomberg News.
分类是26架A型，6架B型，2架C型，海军进度最慢
That’s down from 42 planes the department previously projected it would buy during the period, but up from the 29 aircraft it’s buying this year, it stated.
2014财年美国购买了29架（不算入外国伙伴的订购数）
美国减少订购的原因是财政节支导致国防预算缩水400亿美元。
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel may touch on the planned F-35 reductions when he outlines the department’s proposed budget next week before the spending plan’s official March 4 release.

“Will there be cuts across the board?” he recently said of the budget. “Of course there will. You can’t do it any other way. Are there going to be adjustments across the board? Of course. But you must preserve readiness and modernization.”

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is the Pentagon’s most expensive acquisition effort, estimated last year to cost $391 billion to develop and build a total of 2,457 F-35 Lightning IIs. The fifth-generation, single-engine jet is made by Lockheed Martin Corp. and designed to replace such aircraft as the F-16, A-10, F/A-18 and AV-8B.

In a recent  segment on “60 Minutes,” titled, “Is the F-35 Worth It?” David Martin, national security correspondent for CBS News, noted that the program is seven years behind schedule and $163 billion over budget.

The piece also touched on the aircraft’s many developmental problems, including improperly installed valves, gaps in the stealth coating, wingtip lights that failed to meet Federal Aviation Administration standards, tires that blow out too frequently and software glitches impacting everything from the helmet-mounted display to the automated parts-replacement system, known as the Autonomic Logistics Information System, or ALIS (pronounced “Alice”).

And just last month, the Pentagon’s top weapons tester, J. Michael Gilmore, concluded the military’s newest and most advanced fighter jet has cracked during flight tests and isn’t yet reliable for combat operations.

Even so, military officials say the program has passed the point of no return. “I don’t see any scenario where we’re walking back away from this program,” Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan told Martin.

Watchdogs criticized the segment as overly optimistic. “CBS missed the big picture,” said William Hartung, the director of the Center for International Policy’s Arms & Security Project who authored a book about the aircraft’s manufacturer, titled, “Prophets of War.”

“The F-35 is overpriced and underperforming,” he said in a statement. “But is also unnecessary for addressing our most urgent 21st century threats. It’s a bad deal for taxpayers and a bad choice for our security.”

Lockheed, based in Bethesda, Md., didn’t participate in the television broadcast, but in a statement acknowledged the program’s problems. “We are working with our partners, customers and suppliers to address these challenges,” it said in a statement to the network.
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