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Departing JSF Manager Predicts No Turbulence
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From Aerospace Daily and Defense Report 2009 January
The departing program executive officer for the F-35 Lightning II program, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles Davis, is declaring proverbial clear skies ahead for the Joint Strike Fighter as he leaves for his new assignment – where he will some day receive the JSF. In a roundtable discussion today hosted by the Brookings Institution in Washington, Davis told reporters and others that he knows of no budget woes brewing on Capitol Hill or major technology issues within the Pentagon’s largest acquisition effort. He did, however, echo concerns he has over whether U.S. military and foreign partners have thoroughly thought through the ramifications of global manufacturing demands, as well as how to use the fighter in combat. And he acknowledged that judgments over its success or failure remain equivocal. “JSF is still at a point where it can be anything to anyone,” Davis allowed. “We’re going to make some mistakes. I just hope we make some new ones.” Davis, who spent the morning on the Hill, confirmed that the Navy will indeed provide $43 million from other aviation accounts to make up a previous shortfall in F-35C long-lead funding and thus keep test plans intact. New and better cost figures should become available by the middle of this year, the general said.
© 2009 McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (The)
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