The projected price tag of the low-end version of the Joint Strike Fighter has grown 10% over the baseline, and the Pentagon is primarily blaming higher than expected labor and overhead costs. But contractors competing for the work say that isn't so. The price of the U.S. Air Force's conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) version of the JSF has gone up by an additional $2 million per aircraft since the last Pentagon cost estimate eight months ago. Each aircraft is now expected to cost a total of $3 million more than the $28-million baseline set in 1994.
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