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More Bad News For the F-35

Posted by Soulskill on from the flights-of-fancy dept.

schwit1 sends this news from Aviation Week: "A new U.S. Defense Department report warns that ongoing software, maintenance and reliability problems with Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 stealth fighter could delay the Marine Corps' plans to start using its F-35 jets by mid-2015. It said Lockheed had delivered F-35 jets with 50 percent or less of the software capabilities required by its production contracts with the Pentagon. The computer-based logistics system known as ALIS was fielded with 'serious deficiencies' and remained behind schedule, which affected servicing of existing jets needed for flight testing, the report said. It said the ALIS diagnostic system failed to meet even basic requirements. The F35 program, which began in 2001, is 70 percent over initial cost estimates, and years behind schedule, but top U.S. officials say it is now making progress. They have vowed to safeguard funding for the program to keep it on track. Earlier this week, the nonprofit Center for International Policy said Lockheed had greatly exaggerated its estimate (PDF) that the F-35 program sustained 125,000 U.S. jobs to shore up support for the program."

7 of 401 comments (clear)

  1. What's left of the UK Navy by shortscruffydave · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least the UK's carrier building programme is running slow...it'd just be embarrassing if we had carriers but no planes to put on them....

    1. Re: What's left of the UK Navy by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

      They still can't cook.

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      Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
    2. Re: What's left of the UK Navy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      fuck you, the English could cook until WW2

    3. Re: What's left of the UK Navy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      In Heaven:
      the cooks are French,
      the policemen are English,
      the mechanics are German,
      the lovers are Italian
      and
      the bankers are Swiss.

      In Hell:
      the cooks are English,
      the policemen are German,
      the mechanics are French,
      the lovers are Swiss
      and
      the bankers are Italian.

  2. I was by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm going to wait for the F-35 with service pack 1, at least.

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    rewriting history since 2109
  3. Re:Waste of money by ebno-10db · · Score: 1, Funny

    Tell us when one gets hit.

    Tell us when one gets attacked by a force with more than rudimentary abilities.

    There are two kinds of naval vessels: submarines ... and targets.

  4. Proud owner...NOT by noh8rz10 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bought an f-35 once... At least I thought until I had a look at it in the daylight. Turned out to be a MIG with a paint job!