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March 13, 2018

F-35 Jet: Most Expensive Weapon Ever Will Need Another $16 Billion in Upgrades

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By David Brennan
March 9, 2018

The F-35 stealth jet will need an additional $16 billion worth of upgrades and development, the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee has been told.

The F-35, made by Lockheed Martin, is already the most expensive weapons program of all time. It has now been revealed that the F-35 will need even more cash to stay at the front of fifth-generation fighter pack, Reuters reported.

The costs are part of a strategy to perform incremental software and modernization updates on the fighters, meaning they would not have to be taken out of service for several months at a time. It is estimated that the project will cost a total of $406.5 billion.

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The F-35 Still Has a Long Way to Go before It Will Be Ready for Combat | The National Interest Blog Lawmakers to military: don’t buy another money pit like the F-35

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