章 140: Joint Project

The following morning, a professional yet fashionably dressed young Korean-American woman sat across her mentor, Mike Krieger, reviewing the F-35 joint project outline on her Infinity Notebook as the Luxury 787 flew towards Washington DC.

The Future Tech Softworks executives traveled to Lockheed Martin as representatives for the trillion-dollar agreement between private corporations and the US government to deliver a fighter jet that met all the metrics specified by Air Force General Bogdan.

Though American corporations were traditionally restricted by the government in employing foreign workers involving national defense, this wasn't an issue anymore as provisions within the "Protection for Domestic Innovation" bill now allowed it with a few limitations.

The fifth-generation fighter had been a pain in the ass for Bogdan and the Pentagon for years while its budget inflated to unacceptable levels.