The World’s Costliest Weapons Program Just Got More Expensive
- F-35 fighter cost raised by 6.5% to some $438 billion
- F-35 also finishes long-delayed key simulation testing
A US Air Force F-35 fighter jet.
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The world’s most expensive weapons program - the US’s F-35 fighter jet - got even more costly, according to the Pentagon.
The program to develop and procure the plane will cost a total of $438 billion, up $26 billion from the last estimate a year ago, according to the F-35’s new Selected Acquisition Report released Monday.