How does the Pentagon lower the F-35 price?…

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How does the Pentagon lower the F-35 price? https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2019/06/17/trump-drives-down-price-of-f-35-fighter-25-from-obama-level/#14933c361c09

Trump Drives Down Price Of F-35 Fighter 25% From Obama Level

Trump Drives Down Price Of F-35 Fighter 25% From Obama Level

Trump's critics will explain away the steep drop in the price of the biggest U.S. weapons program by claiming that increasing production delivered economies of scale, but nobody at Lockheed Martin thought the price would go down so fast. It was pressure from the Trump administration that drove it.

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