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Thursday, August 04, 2011

JSF plane project in more flak

F-35 Lightning IIOfficials in Britain's Defence Ministry are pushing to scrap their country's plans to buy a variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, reports from Britain say, potentially raising the cost for other customers such as Australia.

Media reports claim officials want the Royal Navy to buy older, less-capable F-18 jets, rather than pay higher prices for 138 JSF aircraft designed to be flown from aircraft carriers.

Australia has committed to buy 14 of the fighters so far and has indicated it will end up buying 100 of the planes for about $13 billion. But if nations such as Britain - which intends buying a lot of the planes - cut back, the cost for other countries could rise.

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