Termination of the Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Program - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Termination of the Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Program write by Maren L. Calvert. This book was released on 2012. Termination of the Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Program available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "For the past several decades, the Department of Defense (DOD) and Congress have been working to design and build a joint strike fighter (JSF). Congress intended from the outset that two engines would be designed for the single-engine aircraft, to create competition, keep costs low, and ensure contractor responsiveness. Congress and DOD, however, did not share a common understanding of how the "competition" would be structured. The result was not an engine competition, but rather a fully-funded second (or alternate) engine program (the "Program"). When budgets grew tight and Congress capped JSF spending - meaning every dollar spent on the duplicative engine was a dollar that could not be spent on buying JSF aircraft - DOD recommended terminating the Program in fiscal year 2007. Congress recoiled at the idea claiming that it threatened national security and that premature termination of the Program would make it impossible to recoup the $3.6 billion already spent on the alternate engine. For four years, the issue was debated through dozens of congressional hearings, with the Pentagon disclaiming the alternate engine and Congress ultimately deciding to fund it anyway. What went wrong? Neither Congress nor DOD recognized the fundamental disconnect in their understanding of "competition." DOD did not see a fully-funded second engine as a competition (and truly, it was not). Congress, on the other hand, wanted to have two engines available for purchase to avoid a single point of failure in our national security. Congress, therefore, wanted to create competition in the market place. Unfortunately, neither party recognized this disconnect or fully capitalized on the tools of congressional oversight to correct it."--Abstract.
The Termination of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Program
The Termination of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Program - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Termination of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Program write by Todd E. Randolph. This book was released on 2012. The Termination of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Program available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "On April 15, 2011, Congress through its House and Senate Armed Services Committees passed legislation prohibiting funding for the F-35 Alternate Engine program ending the five-year debate. From 2006 through 2011, Congress would continue funding the alternate engine program despite the Bush and Obama Administration deeming it an unwanted, unnecessary program and requested termination."--Introduction.
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program write by Ronald O'Rourke. This book was released on 2010-05. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contents: (1) Intro.: Alternate Engine Program; (2) Background: The F-35 In Brief; Three Versions; Alternate Engine Program; Program Origin and Milestones; Procurement Quantities; Program Mgmt.; Internat. Participation; Cost and Funding; Mfg. Locations; Proposed FY 2010 Budget; Proposed Termination of Alternate Engine; (3) Issues for Congress: Alternate Engine Program; Summary of Arguments; Admin. Perspective; Studies on F-35 Alternate Engine; Recent Developments; Development Status and Readiness for Production; Admin. Perspective; Affordability and Projected Fighter Shortfalls; Implications for Industrial Base; (4) Legislative Activity for FY 2010; Summary of Quantities and Funding; FY 2010 Defense Author. Bill. Illus.
Proposed Termination of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F136 Alternate Engine
Proposed Termination of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F136 Alternate Engine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Proposed Termination of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F136 Alternate Engine write by Christopher Bolkcom. This book was released on 2006. Proposed Termination of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F136 Alternate Engine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Department of Defense s (DOD) FY2007 budget proposes to cancel the F136 alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), a program that was initiated by Congress in the FY1996 Defense Authorization Act, and which has received consistent congressional support since its inception. In FY1996, defense authorization conferees (H. Rept. 104-450, Sec. 213) expressed their concern over a lack of engine competition in the JSF program and directed DOD to ensure that the program provides for adequate engine competition. (p.706)1 In FY1998, authorization conferees (H. Rept. 105-340, Sec. 213) directed DOD to certify that the Joint Strike Fighter Program contains sufficient funding to carry out an alternate engine development program that includes flight qualification of an alternate engine in a joint strike fighter airframe. (p.33) Some have criticized DOD as being penny wise and pound foolish in its proposal to terminate the F136. Critics argue that this decision appears driven more by immediate budget pressures on the department rather than long term pros and cons of the F136 program. Others applaud this decision, and say that single source engine production contracts are the norm, not the exception. Long-term engine affordability, they claim, is best achieved by procuring engines through multiyear contracts from a single source. Cancelling the F-136 poses questions on operational risk and potential cost and savings. Additional issues include the potential impact this termination could have on the U.S. defense industrial base, and on U.S. relations with key allied countries. Finally, eliminating competitive market forces for DOD business worth billions of dollars may concern those who wish to reform DOD s acquisition system and conform to higher standards of accountability.
F-35 Alternate Engine Program
F-35 Alternate Engine Program - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook F-35 Alternate Engine Program write by Jeremiah Gertler. This book was released on 2010. F-35 Alternate Engine Program available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Provides background on debate surrounding development of General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 engine as an alternative to the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine that currently powers the F-35 joint strike fighter. Examines current status of alternative engine program, including cost, relations with allies, and engine development issues. Covers FY2011 legislative actions, and reviews issues for Congress.
