The worry, GK, is if this is the start of the
"Cost Death Spiral". The vain hope is that, "The JSF Program Office..... expects the Navy’s cutbacks to be offset by international JSF procurements.” In fact, the international customers are also deferring their orders awaiting the mirage of price reductions as production ramps up - and always the cost creeps up..
LM can always hope more money will be provided, but the USN is cutting orders to meet their budget and topping up with weapons, and the USAF have stated clearly that they are going to
follow the same policy.
The question now isn't cancellation per se, but what reduced number will be built.....