Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on contract breaches and other failures under the F-35 aircraft program.

HRES 1549 is a non-binding House resolution expressing congressional concern about the F-35 program's persistent issues. It highlights that the program has cost $209 billion over budget, faces chronic delays (with Lockheed Martin delivering 91% of aircraft late in 2023), and suffers from poor readiness rates (only 53.1% mission capable). The resolution states it is the House's sense that Lockheed Martin breached its contract by failing to deliver modernized capabilities on time and within cost, and that the Department of Defense did not hold contractors accountable for these failures. This resolution does not change policy but formally documents the program's financial, schedule, and performance shortcomings as observed by Congress.