The Full Story: Did The Air Force Say the F-35 Failed?
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Some fresh news of the flying brick :
Block 4 Software Issues Could Cause F-35 Capability Delays, Costly Retrofits
Following the latest review by the Government Accountability Office, DoD is expected to again push back the schedule for the sprawling F-35 modernization effort.
The new report is yet another slap for the Joint Strike Fighter, which is already in DoD’s budget-cutting cross-hairs due to the plane’s exorbitant maintenance costs.
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GAO said that costs of the effort had ballooned by $1.9 billion between 2019 and 2020, bringing the overall cost to about $14.4 billion.
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(The current 2027 deadline for Block 4 completion already represents a three-year delay from the 2024 deadline DoD set in its 2018 baseline for the effort.)
Block 4 Software Issues Could Cause F-35 Capability Delays, Costly Retrofits
"The biggest potential challenge is that these modernization elements don't reach the warfighter as quickly as they'd hoped," one expert said.
Block 4 Software Issues Could Cause F-35 Capability Delays, Costly Retrofits
Following the latest review by the Government Accountability Office, DoD is expected to again push back the schedule for the sprawling F-35 modernization effort.
The new report is yet another slap for the Joint Strike Fighter, which is already in DoD’s budget-cutting cross-hairs due to the plane’s exorbitant maintenance costs.
...
GAO said that costs of the effort had ballooned by $1.9 billion between 2019 and 2020, bringing the overall cost to about $14.4 billion.
...
(The current 2027 deadline for Block 4 completion already represents a three-year delay from the 2024 deadline DoD set in its 2018 baseline for the effort.)
Block 4 Software Issues Could Cause F-35 Capability Delays, Costly Retrofits
"The biggest potential challenge is that these modernization elements don't reach the warfighter as quickly as they'd hoped," one expert said.
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