WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 15th July, 2020) US Congress added $2 billion in funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in 2020 but more than 800 flaws remain, a watchdog report said on Wednesday.
More than $2 billion was approved for five earmarks for the F-35 program which still has 873 unresolved deficiencies, the Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) report said.
The F-35 program is now nine years behind schedule, with total acquisition costs exceeding $428 billion, nearly double the initial estimate of $233 billion.
On May 7, the US Air Force said it would scrap the 80 percent mission-capable rate for the aircraft and in Fiscal Year 2019, the F-35A's readiness rate was only 62 percent, the report said.
