Posted on 03/13/2010 6:30:07 AM PST by myknowledge
I wonder how much the proportion of European-based components in the venture is a factor in the total cost increase (what are the component-by-component increases and the national sources of each component with a major increase?).
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Entirely true statement there. It’s more logical than the armchair general mentality played out by the irrational generals.
Currently, the F-35 is being built in Ft. Worth, TX, but subassembly production will move to Marietta, GA once the F-22 line shuts down at the end of this year.
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