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The F-35 Lightning II

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is a stealthy (radar-evading), supersonic multi-role fighter designed to meet the United States and United Kingdom government's requirement for a new generation of transformational weapons. The single-engine F-35 JSF will be manufactured in three versions: a conventional-takeoff-and-landing (CTOL) variant for the U.S. Air Force, an aircraft-carrier version (CV) for the U.S. Navy, and a short-takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) version for the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.K. Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. Approximately 3,000 F-35 JSFs are currently planned for the U.S. and U.K., with many other countries expected to acquire the aircraft in the early part of the 21st century. Affordability is the cornerstone of the F-35 program. It is achieved in large part through a very high level of common parts and systems across the three versions of the aircraft. Support costs are projected to be about half that of present-day fighters, and streamlined assembly methods will cut production time significantly.

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Joint Strike Fighter Program Office (JPO)

The Joint Strike Fighter Program Office (JPO) is the U.S. Department of Defense's focal point for defining affordable next generation strike aircraft weapon systems for the Navy, Air Force, Marines, and our allies. The focus of the program is affordability -- reducing the development cost, production cost, and cost of ownership of the JSF family of aircraft. Prior to the start of System Development and Demonstration (SDD) in Fall 2001, the program facilitated the services' development of fully validated, affordable operational requirements, and it lowered risk by investing in and demonstrating key leveraging technologies and operational concepts. Upon SDD contract award to Lockheed Martin on 26 October 2001, the program embarked on full development of three affordable and effective JSF variants.

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