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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 31. januar 2007 / Time Line January 31, 2007
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Kvindesagsforkæmperen og pacifisten Ellen Hørups
fødselsdag, 1871.
01/31/2007
US Department of Defense and Norway Sign Joint Strike Fighter
Agreement
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense
Norway has signed the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) production,
sustainment, and follow-on development (PSFD) memorandum of
understanding (MOU) that will govern the cooperative program
arrangements for the next phase of the Joint Strike Fighter
program.The signing ceremony took place in Oslo, Norway, Jan.
31.
In a ceremony at the Norwegian Ministry of Defense Minister
Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen added her signature to the agreement
already signed by the United States, The Netherlands, Canada,
Australia, the United Kingdom, and Turkey.The United States was
represented by U.S. Ambassador Benson Whitney.
This MOU provides a framework for future program efforts in
production and beyond, and will extend cooperation beyond the
current system development and demonstration agreement between the
United States and the other eight JSF partner nations.The remaining
partner nations, Italy and Denmark, are expected to sign the JSF
PSFD MOU in the near future.
The Joint Strike Fighter is the largest DoD acquisition program to
date.The F-35 Lightning II is a supersonic, multi-role, stealth
fighter designed to replace a wide range of existing aircraft.Three
versions of the aircraft will be built: a
conventional-takeoff-and-landing variant, an aircraft-carrier
version and a short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing version.Norway's
contribution at this time in the first phase of the international
program is $92 million. In addition to preparing for future
production and sustainment activities, F-35 Lightning II
development efforts are ongoing.The first JSF system development
and demonstration test aircraft has already successfully flown six
test flights.
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