Britain had initially ordered 138 JSF aircraft, built by U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), and media reports have speculated that figure could be halved.
Guess again. Britain has not “ordered 138 JSF aircraft”. As an F-35 JSF partner nation, it has predicted how many of these flying question marks it would need. That prediction may now be lower due to any number of wild cards in the current dysfunctional defence planning process. That and we will see how the STOVL program gets re-adjusted after its next published slip due in November.
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