Lockheed Martin Makes a Defensive Strike for the F-35

DALLAS -- Seven years ago, Lockheed Martin Corp. won a bitterly fought contract for what would end up being the world's most expensive fighter jet program.

Today, it finds itself in an odd position: having to defend the plane it won the right to build.

A flurry of criticism about the Joint Strike Fighter's capabilities this fall "was a wake-up call for us," said Dan Crowley, Lockheed's general manager for the nearly $300 billion program for jets being built in Fort Worth. "We just assumed people understood the value proposition of the aircraft. We've launched a program where we're going to resell the JSF."

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