Producing more F-35s could stress suppliers

The F-35 program manager, Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, said ramping up the production of the fighter could stress suppliers as they would have to produce more spare parts for repairs and modifications.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

“We are asking the supply base between now and 2019 to do an awful lot,” Bogdan said.

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