التقرير يتكلم عن كيفية خفض ميزانية وزارة الدفاع البنتاجون لسد العجز فى الميزانيه العامه للولايات المتحده وإشتمل على إقتراحات كثيره ويتكون من 58 فقره تحتوى على 58 إقتراح
وأهمه وهو موضعنا
مشروع الأف35
تاريخ التقرير Nov. 10, 2010
التقرير على هذا الرابط
http://www.fiscalcommission.gov/site...11.10.2010.pdf
والفقره التى سنتكلم عنها الخاصه بالأف35
هى الفقره رقم 46 ورقم 47
46. Substitute F-16 and F/A-18Es for half of the Air Force and Navy’s planned buys of F-35 fighter aircraft.
With a planned total buy of 2,443 aircraft, the F-35 or Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is the Defense Department’s largest weapon procurement program. This option would buy half as many as the 369 planned for the Air Force and the 311 for the Navy, purchasing instead the current generation fighter aircraft, the Air Force F-16 aircraft at one-third of the cost and the Navy F/A18E/F at two-thirds of the cost of the F-35. The unit cost of F-35 aircraft is estimated at about $133 million compared to $40 million for an F-16 and $80 million for an F-18E.
The rationale for this change would be that DOD does not need an entire fleet with the stealthy capabilities of the JSF, and could rely instead on upgraded F-16 and F/A-18E aircraft for half of their fleet, a “high-low” mix.
This is estimated to save $2.3 billion in FY2015, and a total of $9.5 billion for FY2011-FY2015. The option might also allow the services to upgrade their tactical air fleets sooner in case the F-35 is delayed because of additional technical problems, since the F-16 and F-18E lines are currently open. In 2009, CBO described a similar option that would have cancelled the F-35 program altogether.
47. Cancel the Marine Corps version of the F-35.
This option would cancel the Marine Corps version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter because of its technical problems, cost overruns, schedule delays, and the adoption by the services of joint combat support in current wartime operations.
This would save $3.9 billion in FY2015 and $17.6 billion for FY2012 - FY2015.
At a total cost of $41 billion, DOD plans to buy 311 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps to replace the Marine Corps AV-8B. In its recent defense review, the United Kingdom decided to cancel its buy of the Marine Corps version of the JSF.
Further, the sophisticated capabilities of the JSF may be less relevant in current scenarios. Under Secretary of the Navy Robert Workman observed that greater use of guided missiles and mortar could end the forward operations that would be performed by the Marine Corps JSF because of vulnerability.
Also, because the Marine Corps version of the JSF has been responsible for most of the technical, cost, and schedule problems, cancelling it could accelerate delivery of the Air Force (F35A) and Navy (F-35C) versions.
الفقره 46
الخطه المقرره هى إنتاج 2443 مقاتله أف35 لصالح البنتاجون
والإقتراح يقضى بتخفيض العدد إلى 369 لسلاح الجو
و311 للبحريه
وإستبدال الأعداد الأخرى بمقاتلات أف16 وأف18 لأن سعر الأف16 40مليون دولار والأف18 80 مليون دولار
وأيضآ لعدم إنتهاء مشروع أف 35
ولأن الجيش لا يحتاج إلى إسطول كامل بخاصية التخفى
ويمكن تطوير أف16 وأف18 للقيام ببعض المهام
الفقره 47
وهذا الأقتراح ينصح بإلغاء مقاتلات أف 35 المخصصه للبحريه
لزيادة تكاليفها ومشاكلها التقنيه وتاخر الجدول الزمنى
وبدلآ من ذلك إعتماد خدمات دعم والقيام بعمليات قتاليه مشتركه فى زمن الحرب
وتجدر الإشاره إلى أن المملكه المتحده قررت إلغاء هذا الإصدار
وخاصة أن الإصدار الخاص بالبحريه
هو المسئؤل عن زيادة التكلفه والمشاكل التقنيه وتأخر الجدول الزمنى للمشروع
