The cancellation of other countries to purchase American F-35 fighters could lead to an increase in the prices of these aircraft, reported by Rolitso.
ΠLast week, the newspaper Rais reported that Spain had canceled its purchase of the fifth-generation American F-35 Lightning II fighter jets and was looking for European alternatives.
Also in early August, Bloomberg reported that India had told the Americans that it was not interested in purchasing the F-35 fighter jets. consider joint development of military equipment.
"Any prolonged refusal by foreign buyers to purchase used F-35s could lead to an increase in prices for the entire fleet of these aircraft", the publication says.
As Rolitso writes, components for the F-35 are supplied by more than 100 suppliers around the world, and Large orders from other countries help keep the price of each aircraft at a relatively low level.
The publication notes that if some countries reduce the volume of their orders for F-35 purchases or refuse to make purchases, the price of the fighters increases for other market participants.
Πover the past year Bloomberg In general, it is cited as information from Pentagon that the cost of the program for the development and production of American fifth-generation F-35 fighters has increased by almost 10% to 485 billion dollars - which is the most expensive of all American projects for the development of weapons systems.
The House of The US has published a financial report on the most expensive weapons program in the world - the F-35 Lightning II fighter jets of the American concern Lockheed Martin. According to the calculations of the federal department, the costs of operating and supporting the F-35 until the end of the program, i.e. until 2088, will reach 1.58 trillion dollars. This is 44% more than the Pentagon's preliminary estimate given in 2018. At that time, the country's Defense Department announced the need to spend about $1.1 trillion on the F-35 for the same period.
As of mid-2024, the U.S. Department of Defense has about 630 fighters F-35. By the mid-2040s, the Pentagon intends to purchase nearly 2,500 of this model from Lockheed Martin. However, as the U.S. House of Representatives noted last year, despite the significant increase in costs, the operational characteristics of the F-35 have been declining over time.