I saw this in the latest issue of Time magazine (February 15, 2010) in a article regarding Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
"...as he did on Feb. 1 when he fired the military officer overseeing the Pentagon's new F-35 stealth-fighter jet program for cost overruns and technical failures and punished Lockheed Martin by withholding $615 million in fees. Lots of defense contractors and program managers underachieve, yet they always get away with it. Not with Gates..."
I had to look real hard to see this story in the L.A.Times - it is not big enough news regarding Northrop Grumman, sub-contract to Lockheed Martin on the F-35 to have its own story, as I found it in the eighth paragraph down in the story Pentagon budget calls for more unmanned aircraft.
"Gates announced Monday he was firing the officer in charge of the program and withholding $614 million from Lockheed Martin, the prime F-35 contractor. He said he would appoint a new general or admiral to oversee the program."
The New York Times thought the story was bigger, as it had the February 1 story Gates Shakes Up Leadership for F-35.
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