Chapter
Planned Total Procurement Quantities
Cost Increases and Nunn-McCurdy Breach
February 2010 Program Restructuring
February 2012 Procurement Stretch
OT&E Report on System Testing
March 2010 GAO Perspective
Secretary Gates’s January 2011 Program Restructure
Affordability and Projected Fighter Shortfalls
Future of Marine Corps Aviation
Implications for Industrial Base
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY FOR FY2012
Summary of Quantities and Funding
FY2012 Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1540/S. 1253)
F-35 alternative ejection seat
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft (sec. 152)
Report on plan to implement Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 measures within the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program (sec. 153)
FY2012 Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 2219/S. TBD)
APPENDIX A. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY FOR FY2011
Summary of Quantities and Funding
FY2011 Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 5136/S. 3454)
System Management Plan and Matrix for the F–35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft Program
FY2011 Defense Appropriations Act (S. 3800)
FY2011 DOD and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act
APPENDIX B. F-35 KEY PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS
Chapter 2 F-35 ALTERNATE ENGINE PROGRAM: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ALTERNATE ENGINE PROGRAM STATUS
Alternate Engine Funding under Continuing Resolutions
Administration Perspectives
Secretary of the Air Force
Chief of Naval Operations
Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics)
Office of Management and Budget
Independent Cost Analyses of the F-35 Alternate Engine
Size of F-35 Engine Production Run
Contractor Offers of Fixed-Price Contracts
Engine Development Issues
Reported F135 Quality-Control Issues
How the Alternate Engine Program Should be Funded
Credibility of Cost Estimates Showing Little Difference Between the Cost of One Engine Program and the Cost of Two
Controls to Curb Cost Growth Absent Competition
Importance of the Potential Fleet-Grounding Issue Attributed to Procuring a Single Engine
The Operational and Logistical Impacts of Supporting Two Engines
Impacts on the Military Turbine Industrial Base of Procuring One Engine Rather than Two
FY2012 LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
FY2012 Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1540)
FY2012 Defense Appropriations Act
APPENDIX A. PRIOR-YEAR LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY
Defense Authorization Act (S. 1124/P.L. 104-106 of February 10, 1996)
DOD Appropriations Act (H.R. 2126/P.L. 104-61 of December 1, 1995)
Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 3230/P.L. 104-201 of September 23, 1996)
DOD Appropriation Act (H.R. 3610/P.L. 104-208 of September 30, 1996)
Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1119/P.L. 105-85 of November 18, 1997)
Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 3616/P.L. 105-261 of October 17, 1998)
Defense Authorization Act (S. 1059/P.L. 106-65 of October 5, 1999)
Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4205/P.L. 106-398 of October 30, 2000)90
DOD Appropriations Act (H.R. 4576/P.L. 106-259 of August 9, 2000)
Defense Authorization Act (S. 1438/P.L. 107-107 of December 28, 2001)
DOD Appropriations Act (H.R. 5010/P.L. 107-248 of October 23, 2002)
Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1588/P.L. 108-136 of November 24, 2003)
DOD Appropriations Act (H.R. 2658/P.L. 108-87 of September 30, 2003)
Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4200/P.L. 108-375 of October 28, 2004)
Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1815/P.L. 109-163 of January 6, 2006)
Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 5122/P.L. 109-364 of October 17, 2006)
Development of the propulsion system for the Joint Strike Fighter (sec. 254)
Independent cost analyses for Joint Strike Fighter engine program (sec. 255)
F136 Interchangeable Engine
DOD Appropriations Act (H.R. 5631/P.L. 109-289 of September 29, 2006)
DOD Appropriations Act (H.R. 3222/P.L. 110-116 of November 13, 2007)
Defense Authorization Act (S. 3001/P.L. 110-417 of October 14, 2008)
Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2638/P.L. 110-329 of September 30, 2008)
FY2010 Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2647/P.L. 111-84)
Statement of Administration Policy
FY2010 DOD Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3326)
Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 5136/S. 3454/H.R. 6523)
Limitation on use of funds for alternative propulsion system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program (sec. 211)
FY2011 Defense Appropriations Act
Vote on Alternate Engine Funding
FY2011 DOD and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act
APPENDIX B. THE “GREAT ENGINE WAR” OF 1984-1994
APPENDIX C. GE ROLLS-ROYCE FIGHTER ENGINE TEAM STATEMENT ON TERMINATION OF F136 DEVELOPMENT108
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft Program
( Military and Veteran Issues )
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