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Some F-35s could remain without fully combat-capable software
« on: September 24, 2017, 12:18:59 am »
By: Valerie Insinna

he Defense Department is considering a plan that would keep about one hundred F-35s in an earlier software configuration not optimized for combat.

According to a FlightGlobal report, Lockheed Martin delivered about 108 aircraft in a 2B software configuration during the early stages of the program, Vice. Adm. Mat Winter, head of the F-35 joint program office, said Monday. It would take at least 150 modifications to bring each jet up to the 3F software standard associated with full combat capability.

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