Smoothing the Way.

The article reports on the plan of the U.S. Navy to reprogram funds in fiscal 2009 to boost production of Lockheed Martin F-35C electronic warfare aircraft. Such move demonstrates the service's commitment to keep its carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter on track. The service even prepared the paperwork to move an estimated $40 million from other programs to make up the shortfall in F-35C long-lead funding and keep test plans intact.