Anthony Deutsch and Andrea Shalal-Esa write the Netherlands would become the seventh country to place orders for the F-35 following the U.K., Australia, Italy, Norway, Israel and Japan.
Defense Department projections indicate each jet would cost around $85 million per unit, but a source told Reuters actual prices are estimated at around 10 percent lower than Pentagon figures.
The Netherlands has budgeted $6 billion for the jets and nearly $360 million in operating costs.