DutchNews.nl,
Thursday 26 September 2013
JSF (NOS) |
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Bloomberg reports that the Pentagon’s watchdog has criticised ‘ineffective
management’ by Pentagon staff and ‘insufficient attention to quality assurance
in the design and manufacturing phases’ of the plane.
In
addition, the F-35 programme office should modify its contracts to ‘include a
quality escape clause, to ensure the government does not pay for nonconforming
product,’ according to the report summary.
The report
says the deficiences are now being addressed.
Dutch
defence minister Jeanine Hennis announced last week that the government has
agreed to spend €4.5bn on 37 JSF aircraft, to replace the ageing fleet of
F-16s.
However,
there are still deep divisions within the coalition Labour party and the
decision still has to be put to a vote in parliament.
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