Australia is to delay acquisition approvals for its planned Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter purchase until 2008 rather than during 2006 as previously announced. Australian defence minister Robert Hill says Australia will advance involvement in the JSF Production, Sustainment and Follow-on Development (PSFD) phase over the next 18 months. "Defence will seek to establish appropriate cost sharing, industry participation, support and management arrangements throughout the life of the project," Hill says.
Source: Flight International
