Noah Shachtman
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Dolce & Gabbana Cockpits for Stealth Jet? (Updated Again)

So it turns out Lockheed "erroneously charged" the Pentagon an extra $265 million for developing the Joint Strike Fighter. What did the company do with all that extra cash? Veteran military-industrial complex investigator Stephen Trimble has ten guesses. Here are a few: 9. Dolce & Gabbana-designed cockpit interior option for Italian customers.. 4. Funding to […]

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So it turns out Lockheed "erroneously charged" the Pentagon an extra $265 million for developing the Joint Strike Fighter. What did the company do with all that extra cash? Veteran military-industrial complex investigator Stephen Trimble has ten guesses. Here are a few:

9. Dolce & Gabbana-designed cockpit interior option for Italian customers..

4. Funding to graphics design firm for making eight new power point slides for JSF quarterly update meeting..

2. F/A-18-themed interior decor for new outhouse structure at Senator Ted Stevens' vacation home

1. "Free Veuve Cliquot Champagne Fridays" at Lockheed's employee cafeteria in Fort Worth

UPDATE: Which one of you Photoshop phreaks is gonna trick out the JSF cockpit for us? Here is a pic, to get you started.

UPDATE 2: Okay, it's more Pimp My Ride than Project Runway. But Robot Economist has come through again, with a superfly stealth fighter:

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