Aircraft
F-35 Flyaway Cost Targeted at $85 Million
Cost reductions and product enhancements in the offing for Lockheed Martin’ stealth fighter.

The new target price for volume production of the F-35A is $85 million, program officials confirmed here yesterday. They announced an extension of a joint government/industry initiative to reduce production costs, named the Blueprint For Affordability. A second initiative targeting cost reductions in support and sustainment was also described.