{"id":72640,"date":"2011-01-06T13:44:30","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T13:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2011\/01\/06\/jsf-la-chute-continue-de-plus-en-plus-dure\/"},"modified":"2011-01-06T13:44:30","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T13:44:30","slug":"jsf-la-chute-continue-de-plus-en-plus-dure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2011\/01\/06\/jsf-la-chute-continue-de-plus-en-plus-dure\/","title":{"rendered":"JSF: la chute continue, de plus en plus dure"},"content":{"rendered":"

JSF : la chute continue, de plus en plus dure<\/h4>\n

Plusieurs journaux US annoncent que le secr\u00e9taire \u00e0 la d\u00e9fense Robert Gates doit pr\u00e9senter aujourd’hui, devant le nouveau Congr\u00e8s, des r\u00e9ductions des d\u00e9penses du Pentagone allant au devant des projets de la majorit\u00e9 des parlementaires. L’initiative est faite pour tenter de contenir de interventions parlementaires trop radicales et porterait sur $100 milliards de r\u00e9duction pour les 5 prochaines ann\u00e9es, ce qui implique effectivement une certaine coordination avec les projets<\/a> du chef de la majorit\u00e9 r\u00e9publicaine \u00e0 la Chambre Eric Cantor..<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tD’un particulier int\u00e9r\u00eat pour nous, signalons le fait que le JSF (F-35) est sur la liste des programmes touch\u00e9s par cette r\u00e9duction. La production et le rythme des essais du programme vont \u00eatre ralentis. Le Wall Street Journal<\/em>, qui annonce la d\u00e9cision de Gates, consacre ce passage au JSF (le 6 janvier 2010<\/a>) :<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00abAlso targeted for trims: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a stealthy, supersonic fighter designed by Lockheed Martin Corp. that is supposed to replace a wide range of aircraft now in service with the both U.S. and allies. The F-35, the costliest procurement project in the department’s history, already has seen delays and cost overruns.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbDefense insiders expect the F-35’s production might be slowed or its numbers reduced. Defense analyst Jim McAleese said the Pentagon may cut the production rate for the aircraft, which is being developed in parallel with flight testing. A planned doubling of production quantities in 2013, he said, has never been credible.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tLe Fort Worth Star Telegram<\/em>, sous la plume de Bob Cox, est beaucoup plus disert sur le sujet. Le quotidien de la ville o\u00f9 Lockheed Martin a ses usines de production du JSF est particuli\u00e8rement bien inform\u00e9, et Bob Cox a toujours figur\u00e9 comme un journaliste sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9 dans ce programme, et plut\u00f4t \u00e0 compter parmi ses critiques. (Dans le Fort Worth Star Telegram<\/em>, le 5 janvier 2010<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00abDefense Secretary Robert Gates plans to cut orders for the F-35 joint strike fighter over the next three to five years as part of broader plan to reduce Pentagon spending by $100 billion, analysts say. Gates will brief Congress today on a five-year spending plan for the Defense Department, including yet another restructuring of the F-35 program to compensate for repeated delays in development and testing.<\/em> []<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbThe Pentagon’s commitment to the F-35 hasn’t lessened, but Gates has to find a way to pay for the delays and higher costs, said Loren Thompson, consultant to defense contractors and chief operating officer of the Lexington Institute think tank. The most likely outcome is a cut in the rate of purchases, Thompson said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbThe problem with the F-35 is it is a program that can’t go away. All the services are wedded to this, said Chris Hellman, policy analyst with the National Priorities Project, a policy group that advocates defense cuts to help trim deficits.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbThe Pentagon had planned to buy 319 jets between 2012 and 2015 in an aggressive production increase aimed to hold down costs. One analyst speculated that number could be cut by at least 50 planes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbThe effect on Lockheed’s operations in Fort Worth, where the planes are being built, could be greater since more than 200 foreign orders were expected during the same period, and those have not yet begun to materialize due to delays and cost increases. About 7,000 people are working on the F-35 program at Lockheed, as well as thousands more at subcontractors in the U.S. and several foreign countries<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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