Abstract
Chapman presents an introduction covering the multiple factors prompting the US and many of its allies to purchase the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). This chapter lists the JSF’s primary US contractors, the program’s financial costs, its problems with delays and cost overruns, and emerging international security trends making a new jet fighter necessary for these countries. It also describes the multiple governmental and nongovernmental entities seeking to influence JSF policymaking in multiple countries and describes the multifaceted nature of source materials used to write this book.
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See National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2810, (House Report 115-404); (Washington, DC: GPO, 2017): 698, 707, 710, 761; https://www.congress.gov/115/crpt/hrpt404/CRPT-115hrpt404.pdf; Accessed December 18, 2017; and Nick Simeone, “Hagel Outlines Budget Reducing Troop Strength, Force Structure,” (Washington, DC: Armed Forces Press Service, February 24, 2014): 1; http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=121703; Accessed December 18, 2017.
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See The Dynamics of Military Revolution 1300–2050, MacGregor Knox and Williamson Murray, eds., (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001); The Sources of Military Change: Culture, Politics, and Technology, Theo Farrell and Terry Terriff, eds., (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers 2002); Williamson Murray, Military Adaptation in War With Fear of Change, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011); Burak Kadercan, “Strong Armies, Slow Adaptation: Civil-Military Relations and the Diffusion of Military Power,” International Security, 38 (3)(Winter 2013/14): 117–152; https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00146; and International Military Operations in the 21st Century: Global Trends and the Future of Intervention, Per M. Norheim-Martinsen and Tore Nyhamer, eds. (London: Routledge, 2015).
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See U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, (Washington, DC: U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2018): 123; http://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Doctrine/pubs/dictionary.pdf; Accessed August 15, 2018; and Jeremiah Gertler, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program, (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, 2014); https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc944760/; Accessed March 24, 2017.
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U.S. Government Accountability Office, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Continued Oversight Needed as Program Plans to Begin Development of New Capabilities, (Washington, DC: GAO, 2016): 5–6; http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/676762.pdf; Accessed March 24, 2017.
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See GAO, 5–6; Gertler, and U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Defense Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs)—December 2016, (Washington, DC: DOD, July 18, 2017: 8; https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1251392/department-of-defense-selected-acquisition-reports-sars-december-2016/; Accessed December 18, 2017.
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See Raphael S. Cohen and Gabriel M. Scheinmann, “Can Europe Fill the Void in U.S. Military Leadership?,” Orbis, 58 (1)(Winter 2014): 39–54; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orbis.2013.11.002; U.S. Government Accountability Office, The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Current Outlook is Improved, But Long-Term Affordability is a Major Concern, (Washington, DC: GAO, 2013): 3, 5, 1; www.gao.gov/assets/660/652948.pdf; Accessed March 24, 2017; Ibid., F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Assessment Needed to Address Affordability Challenges, (Washington, DC: GAO, 2015): 1; http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/669619.pdf; Accessed March 24, 2017; Paul Cornish and Andrew M. Dorman, “Complex Security and Strategic Latency: The UK Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015,” International Affairs, 91 (2)(2015): 351–370; https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/files/chathamhouse/INTA91_2_09_Cornish_Dorman.pdf; Accessed May 25, 2018; U.S. Office of Management and Budget, America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again, (Washington, DC: GPO, 2017): 15–16; https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BUDGET-2018-BLUEPRINT/pdf/BUDGET-2018-BLUEPRINT.pdf; Accessed March 24, 2017; and “Remarks by President Trump on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” (Washington, DC: The White House, May 8, 2018): 1–7; https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-joint-comprehensive-plan-action/; Accessed August 15, 2018.
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See Marc R. Devore, “Arms Production in the Global Village: Options for Adapting to Defense-Industrial Globalization,” Security Studies, 22 (3)(2013): 532–572; https://doi.org/10.1080/09636412.2013.816118; Eleni Ekmektsioglu, “Hypersonic Weapons and Escalation Control in East Asia,” Strategic Studies Quarterly, 9 (2)(Summer 2015): 62; http://www.airuniversity.af.mil/Portals/10/SSQ/documents/Volume-09_Issue-2/ekmektsioglou.pdf; Accessed March 24, 2017; John R. Deni, NATO’s Rebirth: NATO’s New Trajectories After the Wales Summit.” Parameters, 44 (3)(Autumn 2014): 57–65; http://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/pubs/parameters/Issues/Autumn_2014/USAWC_Quarterly_Parameters_Autumn_v44n3.pdf; Accessed August 14, 2018; Luis Simón, “NATO’s Rebirth: Assessing NATO’s Eastern European ‘Flank’”, Parameters, 44 (3)(Autumn 2014): 67–79; http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/parameters/Issues/Autumn_2014/USAWC_Quarterly_Parameters_Autumn_v44n3.pdf; Accessed March 20, 2017; U.S. Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Russian Military Developments and Strategic Implications, (Washington, DC: GPO, 2015); http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo54841; Accessed March 24, 2017; Vipin Narang, “Nuclear Strategies of Emerging Powers: North Korea and Iran,” Washington Quarterly, 38 (1)(2015): 73–91; https://doi.org/10.1080/0163660X.2015.1038175; Dian Matteo, “The Pivot to Asia, Air-Sea Battle and Contested Commons in the Asia-Pacific Region,” The Pacific Review, 28 (2)(2015): 237–257; https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2014.995124; Human-Robot Interactions in Future Military Operations, Michael Barnes and Florian Jentsch, eds., (London: Routledge, 2016); Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia Macdonald, “Technology and Adaptation on the Modern Battlefield”, Social Science Research Network, 2016; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2814202_code2104798.pdf?abstractid=2814202&mirid=1/; Accessed March 24, 2017; Michael W. Byrnes, “Nightfall: Machine Autonomy in Air-to-Air Combat,” Air and Space Power Journal, 28 (3)(May/June 2014): 48–75; http://www.airuniversity.af.mil/Portals/10/ASPJ/journals/Volume-28_Issue-3/F-Byrnes.pdf; Accessed August 15, 2018; John D. Jogerst, “The Fifth-Generation Fighter Pilot Force,” Air and Space Power Journal, 30 (4)(Winter 2016): 92–94; http://www.au.af.mil/au/afri/aspj/digital/pdf/articles/2016-Winter/C-Jogerst.pdf; Accessed March 24, 2017; and Andrew Herr, “Will Humans Matter in the Wars of 2030?,” Joint Force Quarterly, 77 (2nd Quarter 2015): 76–83; http://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-77/jfq-77_76-83_Herr.pdf; Accessed March 24, 2017.
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Chapman, B. (2019). Introduction. In: Global Defense Procurement and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01367-7_1
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