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| Combat Ready, But Still Not Out of the Woods: F-35 May Not Meet 2018 Deadline | |
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| Siberian | Aug 27 2016, 03:48 AM Post #1 |
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While two variants of the F-35 were declared combat-ready earlier this month, the weapons testers at the Pentagon doubt that the troubled aircraft will meet its full capabilities by the program’s scheduled end date in 2018. Even after being declared combat-ready earlier this month, new reports documenting the F-35 Joint Strike fighter’s problems continue to crop up. The aircraft’s ejection seat has been deemed dangerous, and a "green glow" problem with the helmet is blinding pilots and preventing the Navy from declaring its variant to be at initial operating capability (IOC). Adding to complications is a new memo from Michael Gilmore, the US Defense Department’s director of operational testing and evaluation. While the development phase is scheduled to officially end in 2018, the F-35 program is at “substantial risk” of not meeting the requirements. "In fact, the program is actually not on a path towards success, but instead on a path towards failing to deliver the full Block 3F [software] capabilities, for which the department is paying almost USD400 billion by the scheduled end of system development and demonstration [SDD] in 2018," reads the memo, obtained by IHS Jane’s. Read more: http://sputniknews.com/military/20160826/1044679882/f-35-sdd-2018.html#ixzz4IV7o1e3h closed. site google page rank 0/10, can be reopened on op-ed if you like Edited by wilmywood8455, Aug 27 2016, 04:10 AM.
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