Musk targets costly fleet of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets, FT reports

Elon Musk, charged with cracking down on waste across the U.S. federal government, has recently targeted the Pentagon’s costly fleet of F-35 fighter jets, Sylvia Pfeifer of The Financial Times reports. Musk has spent the past few weeks mocking the Lockheed Martin (LMT)-built aircraft on social media, which has fueled the discussion on whether piloted fighter jets are needed when budgets are pressured and increasingly sophisticated drones are being successfully deployed.