Pentagon Does Not See Path to Reduce F-35 Jet’s Cost – Program Evaluation Director

“The Department does not see a path to get to $25,000 per flying hour by FY 2025,” Daigle told the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces.

The F-35A Joint Program Office, Daigle said, estimates the cost per flying hour for the F-35A variant of the aircraft in 2024 would be $34,000. “Our [Pentagon] estimate is $36,000 for the [F-35]A — About the same,” Daigle said.

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