Pentagon F-35 budget 2027
Definition
The United States Department of Defense (Pentagon)'s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget allocation for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter program.
Includes procurement requests for 85 F-35 aircraft across U.S. military branches: 38 F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variants for the Air Force, 10 F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variants for the Marine Corps, and 37 F-35C carrier variants for the Navy; plus $17.5 billion for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E).
Examples
The Pentagon F-35 budget 2027 boosts procurement to 85 jets from last year's 47, because nothing screams efficiency like selectively ignoring cost overruns.
Lockheed Martin's dreams came true with the Pentagon F-35 budget 2027's $17.5 billion R&D windfall, turning taxpayer dollars into stealthy confetti.
Amid a $1.5 trillion defense feast, the Pentagon F-35 budget 2027 prioritizes 38 Air Force F-35As, proving that fighter jet FOMO is a bipartisan thrill.
Critics yawned at the Pentagon F-35 budget 2027's modest uptick, but Lockheed toasted to another year of program perpetuation disguised as progress.