Joint Strike Fighter Program

On the page previous to this, one can find the new budget I have created with a budget cut of $1 billion. I have cut my budget of $200 billion to $199 billion by cutting $57 million from the military, $22 million from food and agriculture, $14 million from transportation, and lastly $7 million from energy and environment. Each one of these cuts were made strategically, with a logical reasoning behind them. Within the military budget, I have cut $57 million. A majority of this cut comes from the cancelling of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program was established to work on a high level defense plane, The F-35 Lightning. The project is expected to cost $1.5 trillion over a span of 55 years (Ehley 2). By canceling this program, the United States could cut roughly 37 million dollars from the total federal budget. I have decided to cut it because currently within the project, the airplane has faced multiple issues with its engine and also has never been used in combat. In addition, there are further alternatives to the F-35 Lightning, including other advanced planes such as the F-16 and F/A-18 (Ehley 3). Also in the military sector, my budget calls for another cut of $20 million. The plan proposed to allow this cut is bringing in…

Whole concepts should be considered when determining the capacity and capabilities of ground forces. The Joint Concept for Access and Maneuver – Global Commons (JAM-GC), asserts a rounded approach considerate of the domains of air, land, sea, cyber, and space. It seeks to preserve the U.S. Military’s ability to project power. However, the Joint Concept for Entry Operations (JCEO) is a related concept alongside the JAM-CG under the Joint Operations Access Concept (JOAC). In the event of the…

Are drones really as good as the government makes them out to be? The number of drones being built in the U.S. and deployed in other countries has increased dramatically since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. They have been very effective in the fight against terrorism. Along with being effective, building and deploying a drone is significantly cheaper than fighting a traditional war. The U.S. Drone Program is helping the fight against terrorism because drones are effective at reducing the terrorist…

Using drones is the best way, in my opinion, to kill bad people. Drones are unmanned airplanes used to kill enemies. My first reason is the attacks are much cheaper than sending out manned aircraft, and my second reason is drone strikes are secretive. The United States should continue to use drones to kill bad people. First off, using drones is cheaper than sending out manned aircraft. The U.S.A puts out $5 billion for drones and drone strikes. In comparison, the military’s F-35 joint strike…

During WW II the United States government challenged the aircraft industry to develop a new type of fighter that could fly at high speeds, for extended ranges, the ability to perform air to ground attacks, and climb to 20,000 feet within six minutes. Lockheed Martin answered the call and the P-38 Lightening was developed. This twin engine, twin boom aircraft was nothing like anything seen before. It was almost 100 miles per hour faster than other combat aircraft of the time and many of the…

One reason why they disapprove the applicability of drones is, drones will kill innocent people and traumatize local populations. There has been a meta-study that found out between 8 percent and 17 percent of innocent people, civilians, have been killed by drone strikes. Multitudinous people are scared to do what they want to do just in view of the fact that they fear that a drone strike will kill them all. As I said before the percentage of civilian fatalities has dropped massively. In World…

The acquisition of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is thus far the most expensive defense program to date. Christopher Bolkcom a specialist in military aviation has written the Congressional Research Service document on the status, background and issues faced by the program. The Department of Defense (DoD) recognized, that now more than ever, the services need to consolidate resources and jointly tackle the shared issues of high acquisition and operational cost of aircraft.…

States military launched more than 400 drone strikes that ended up with a heavy amount of terrorist combatants dead. These strikes were targeted for people on the kill list who pose as a dangerous threat to the society we live in today. Drone strikes have become a popular tactic used by militaries in the war against the Islamic State (ISIS) which provide an assistance of allies in a time when they are most needed (Ackerman). Unfortunately, the deaths of terrorists are not the only thing that…

Friday was by Ben Marchionna, who is a Research Engineer for Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in California. His background includes upholding a comprehensive portfolio of advanced research and development projects on programs including sixth generation fighters, unmanned aerial vehicles, hypersonic weapon systems, and other classified intentions. As part of his selection into the Lockheed Martin Engineering Development Program, he completed a 2-year rotational assignment as a flight test engineer…

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