The course of the F-35 program by Senator McCain is described as “promiscuous”

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The course of the F-35 program by Senator McCain is described as “promiscuous”Currently in Fort Worth on the factory sites of the company Lockheed Martin are 56 F-35 at various stages of assembly. However, analysts believe that the fine-tuning of the aircraft will require several million dollars before they go into service.

Already today, F-35 has become the most expensive weapons program in the United States. It is estimated at 385 billion dollars. However, this figure may increase, because the fighter needs "corrections that will cost millions."

The aircraft is built using the most sophisticated stealth technology, however, as the initial flight tests showed, the fighter prototypes have design flaws. Among them, the cracks in the composite and metal parts of the fighter. In addition, only by June 2015 the full software will be created.

Speaking in the Senate 15 in December, John McCain, a Republican senator from Arizona, described the F-35 program as “promiscuous.” McCain is upset that the cost of the aircraft increased from the original 69 million to 133, the test program was performed only on 20% (however, the Pentagon has already allocated funds for the construction of the first 90 fighter jets), and also because the program block of the aircraft F-80) will not be ready for four years.

The Pentagon is accused by McCain of trying to acquire “an immature aircraft with high technological risks.” According to the politician, the development of new technologies for F-35, as well as their integration, remain “risky”, while the production processes are still “immature”.

In April, the United States Government Accountability Office stated that F-35 before 2016 needed to make “approximately 10 thousand changes.” The document further states that there is a need to expand the development and testing program, which in turn will extend the time frame for creating a full-fledged aircraft to 2018.
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    1. +10
      5 January 2012 13: 55
      The car is expensive, and taking into account the correction of the jambs is even more expensive. And I like Che, let them suffer, so to speak, with a large amount of jambs and nividana costs.
      1. +10
        5 January 2012 14: 03
        McCain is upset that the cost of the aircraft from the original 69 million rose to 133

        She will be even more upset when she finds out that they will buy more than $ 200 million apiece.
        1. +5
          5 January 2012 14: 23
          Duck they do not mind their paper, the Fed will still print.
          1. +2
            5 January 2012 19: 49
            Well this is what a cut of paper, comrades !!! One hundred million to the sky !!! Well, let them wipe ...
    2. itr
      +5
      5 January 2012 13: 58
      and where more theft and corruption are being asked. Senator Mack is gay no matter how right. He was taught this in Vietnam. wink
      1. +4
        5 January 2012 19: 44
        Engineering, welcome you villain! I very much agree with the question, but taunting the trivial and miserable is not comme il faut ... wink
    3. dred
      -1
      5 January 2012 14: 05
      our cooperation is overtaken only by the American.
    4. SAMEDOV SULEYMAN
      +13
      5 January 2012 14: 07
      OOOO! Mr. McCain again, what are you not happy with this time? The Pentagon! Be careful, you stretched your paws into someone else's cauldron, and there the serious guys are not at the correct hour and can pull it on. However, you do not get used to it.
      1. +3
        5 January 2012 14: 30
        Sent to Guantanoma, sit wink
      2. +1
        5 January 2012 22: 37
        Apparently, this worthy political husband is very wise not only in the problems of lack of democracy in Syria, Russia and China, but also apparently in issues of R&D, and its economic components. It must be assumed that in the near future the senator will show talents for medicine, astronautics and agriculture. It turns out just some kind of genius. Misunderstood.
    5. +2
      5 January 2012 14: 58
      We had a couple of drinks, and in my opinion they presented to us on a silver platter a real drop in the value of the dollar. For the money that F-10 was still 22 years ago, now even its half-version (F-35) cannot be built.
    6. UV58
      +2
      5 January 2012 15: 13
      one gets the feeling that their goal is not to build a fighter ...
    7. +1
      5 January 2012 18: 50
      Mess? This is very good, in vain upset Mr. McCain, everything will be, bastard, everything will be .... am
    8. Orthodox
      +2
      5 January 2012 20: 05
      made a good plane, if you need to make 10000 changes, keep it up

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