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Gates gets tough on Lockheed
Topic Started: Feb 1 2010, 04:17 PM (95 Views)
George K
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/01/gates-fires-head-f-fighter-jet-program/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Flatest+%2528Text+-+Latest+Headlines%2529
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A senior manager in charge of procuring the next generation of military fighter jets known as F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been fired and the Department of Defense has been instructed to withhold money that would pay bonuses to the lead contractor, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday.

In a briefing at the Pentagon on the 2011 defense budget, Gates said inefficiencies and cost overruns within the costly fighter program forced him to take action.

Gates said Lockheed Martin, the defense contractor responsible for producing the F-35, is in agreement with his plan to withhold bonuses, calling it a burden "the taxpayer should not have to bear."

In 2009 a Defense Department review concluded the Joint Strike Fighter program had significant cost overruns and its production dates were far over schedule.

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Wasn't this the program they scrapped the F22s over? And now Russia's premiering their 5th gen fighter.
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George K
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Feb 1 2010, 04:24 PM
Wasn't this the program they scrapped the F22s over? And now Russia's premiering their 5th gen fighter.
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