Clearly, the news is hardly favorable for the F35 at the moment ... After the major media campaign at the end of 2019, which announced the decline acquisition prices of the F35 for lots 14 and 15, below the $ 80 million mark for version A, it seems that the reality is somewhat different. Indeed, on the occasion of the study of the budget presented by the Pentagon to Congress for the fiscal year 2021, the price of Joint Strike Fighter seems not only not to fall compared to 2019, but even to increase slightly. ...
It is in priority the eviction of Turkey from the program which is questioned here. Not only is the number of devices to be produced less than expected, but the parts of the device made by Turkish Industry, which must by the end of March be fully redistributed to American companies and other program partners saw their prices increase significantly during the operation, impacting the cost prices of the 3 versions of the device. In addition, it would appear that international deliveries do not reach, in 2021, the levels hoped for by the American manufacturer to respect the negotiated drop in acquisition prices. Even if this is not officially pointed out, it is likely that the postponement of the production at full capacity of the device to 2021 announced in October 2019, handicaps the hoped-for productivity gains, and that the expenditure to correct the defects observed on the device also strain the model.
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