Pentagon sees cost to buy F-35 up 2 pct; operating cost down 9 pct
April 17, 2014 at 16:40 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday forecast the cost of developing and buying Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jet at $398.6 billion, up 2 percent from last year, but said the projected cost to operate and maintain the jets was down about 9 percent.