F-35 fighter jet's escalating costs are on Washington's radar

The weapons program, whose price tag has nearly doubled to about $400 billion since 2001, is flying into a fierce budget battle in Congress. It's also taking flak from allies that are helping foot the bill.

The radar-evading F-35 fighter jet, a nearly $400-billion weapons program under development for more than a decade, is facing its worst turbulence since Washington decided to buy it in 2001 — when it was billed as the most affordable, lethal and survivable military aircraft ever built for the U.S. and its allies.

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