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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Lockheed exaggerates number of jobs on F-35 program, new report says

F-35 Lightning IILockheed Martin Corp.’s claims that the development and construction of the nearly $400 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will sustain 125,000 jobs in 46 states is “greatly exaggerated,” according to a new report by a research center.

The Center for International Policy, a Washington nonprofit, released a report, "Promising the Sky: Pork Barrel Politics and the F-35 Combat Aircraft,” that says the number of program-related jobs cited by Lockheed is “roughly double” what it will actually create.

Lockheed, the world’s largest defense contractor, said that 32,500 direct jobs and 92,500 indirect jobs will be created by the F-35.

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2 comments:

  1. peace lover23/1/14 09:32

    OHHH ,, Again issues in Indian Navy, I think government of India should stop spending on Navy because these are useless as Indian navy is destroying them.

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  2. Tanishaa23/1/14 09:54

    Poor Indian Navy..Again came across an accident.

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