Switzerland Cuts Planned F-35A Purchase to Stay Within Fixed Defense Budget Aviation News – Switzerland will scale back its planned order of F-35A fighter jets after rising procurement costs made the original purchase of 36 aircraft financially impossible under its voter-approved budget cap. Switzerland selected the Lockheed Martin F-35A in 2021, expecting to acquire 36 jets for what it believed was a fixed price of six billion Swiss francs. The U.S. later clarified that the amount had been misunderstood and that actual costs would exceed initial estimates.

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