Pentagon Slaps Lockheed With $5Mln Per F-35 Withheld Until Upgrades Work - Reports

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Defense Department is going to hold Lockheed Martin accountable by withholding $5 million each of up to 110 F-35 fighter jets scheduled to be delivered by the end of this year until their hardware and software upgrades are fully functioning, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.