For example, despite the fact that the F-35 was overwhelmingly funded through your tax dollars, Lockheed Martin controls the rights to the software needed to repair the aircraft, putting them in a position to charge top dollar to maintain them. At the behest of industry, the Trump administration is seeking to weaken the Pentagon’s independent testing office, one of the few detailed sources on the costs and performance of major weapons programs. The fact that the company exaggerates the job numbers, as well as the true number of states where the plane produces a significant number of jobs does not alter the fact that economic arguments carry a lot of weight in Congressional decisions on weapons procurement.
Author: William Hartung, Contributor, William Hartung, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhartung/
Published at: 2025-08-26 21:47:19
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