Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) - EMD

Abstract

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program will develop and field an affordable, highly common family of next generation strike aircraft for the USN, USAF, USMC and allies. The three variants are the F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing; F-35B Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing; and the F-35C Aircraft Carrier suitable variant. The F-35A will be a stealthy multi-role aircraft, primary air-to-ground for the Air Force to replace the F-16 and A-10 and complement the F-22. The F-35B variant will be a multi-role strike fighter aircraft to replace the AV-8B and F/A-18 for the Marine Corps, replace the Sea Harrier and GR 7 for the United Kingdom, and replace the AV-8 currently employed by the Italian Navy. The F-35C will provide the Department of the Navy a multi-role, stealthy strike fighter aircraft to complement the F/A-18E/F. The United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Norway, and Foreign Military Sales customers are also participants in the JSF program. The program shown here reflects USN, USMC, USAF, and International Partner funding. Funding at the accomplishment/planned program level is reported as the total of all services and partners as these activities support all aircraft variants. The System Development and Demonstration (SDD) budget funds a total quantity of 20 RDT&E test articles to include 6 ground test articles and 14 flight test articles for USN, USMC, and USAF use. FY07: 1 F-35A flight test article FY08: 1 F-35B flight test article; 1 F-35B ground test article FY09: 1 F-35B flight test article; 2 F-35A ground test articles FY10: 6 flight test articles: 3 F-35A, 2 F-35B, 1 F-35C; 3 ground test articles: 1 F-35B, 2 F-35C FY11: 4 flight test articles: 1 F-35A, 1 F-35B, 2 F-35C FY13: 1 F-35C flight test article JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACTIVITY: This program is funded under SDD because it includes those projects that have passed Milestone B approval and are conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirement prior to full-rate production decision. The remaining funds each year for the next several years we need to support contract closeout which generally includes invoicing reconciliation, unpaid fees LM has in Claims/REAs, etc which in the case of SDD could go well above the budget on the POM. Cuts or zeroing out the out years will only force the Services to pay the closeout costs.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
0604800M_5_1319_PB_2022
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aeronautics
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Contracts
  • Cost Reimbursement Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Logistics Support
  • Military Acquisition
  • Procurement
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).

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