JSF Production Is Lean and Mean
A big part of making the JSF affordable is the production plan.

A big part of making the JSF affordable is the production plan. Managers from BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman discussed here Monday how they have adopted ‘lean manufacturing’ processes and philosophies from the automotive industry. With the production rate planned to reach one per working day (e.g., about 260 per year) in 2012, there is plenty of scope for adopting the techniques of mass production. The lessons learned have already been successfully implemented, they noted, even at this early stage.