Lockheed Martin gets additional $11.9 million for F-22 fixes

[unhappycamper]

http://www.newsherald.com/news/government/lockheed-martin-gets-additional-11-9-million-for-f-22-fixes-1.46643




Lockheed Martin gets additional $11.9 million for F-22 fixes
By RANDAL YAKEY / The News Herald
Published: Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 22:08 PM.

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — Lockheed Martin Corp. has been allocated nearly $12 million in additional funding to continue work on the F-22 Raptor’s automatic backup oxygen supply system (ABOS).

The work, which is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2014, will be done on 70 aircraft.

The $11,902,915 contract is for an additional ABOS supply kits.

“We’ll receive funding on the Air Force’s schedule,” said BJ Boling, spokesman for Lockheed Martin.

[Iggy]

1. What a total Joke

how much does each F-22 end up costing we the taxpayers? $500 Milliion?

This is absurd.

Note that nobody in Congress (incl Dems) are talking about our bloated defense budget-- and how it needs to be cut, wayyy more than what is being suggested with upcoming sequestration.

[Kolesar]

2. Air Force pilots risked their careers to disclose this on 60 Minutes

Pilots had thinking problems because of lack of oxygen problems.
Behold the brave whistleblowers!