Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is looking to its employees -- some of them, anyway -- for a few good ideas on how to cut the cost of developing and producing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Star-Telegram reports.

Lockheed has launched a monthlong program called the F-35 Affordability Challenge. Using a special computer program called Brainstorm, the project asks salaried employees to submit ideas for cost-saving techniques that can be analyzed.

"Since we launched the program Monday morning, we've already had about 30 suggestions," said spokesman B.J. Boling.

- Bob Cox

 

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[Chuck]

"Since we launched the program Monday morning, we've already had about 30 suggestions," said spokesman B.J. Boling.

Did most of those suggestions begin, "You can take this company ..."?

[Mark]

I wish I had thought of that one Chuck. But they would walk me out as insubordiate under Lockheed-Martin resets...One woman got the axe for being in the bathroom more than five minutes with diarhea.