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Monday, March 11, 2013

The F-35 fighter jet program, a world-class fiasco

F-35C Lightning II |Canada originally planned to buy 65 of the F-35 jets from Lockheed-Martin but there has been nothing but controversy about costs and problems with the plane since the original announcement several years ago. Now, new problems with the plane are emerging.

On July 16, 2010, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that the government intended to procure 65 F-35 fighter jets to replace aging CF-18 Hornets for a total of $16 billion (Canadian). Deliveries were planned for 2016.

Ever since that original announcement the entire program has been subject to withering criticism. Costs were very much underestimated and the whole planning process was meant to ensure that the F-35 would be the only aircraft to fit the requirements. There was no competition.

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