F-35 upgrades slip to 2024, drawing lawmaker’s ire
By Stephen Losey
Thursday, Mar 30
WASHINGTON — The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will receive a slate of hardware and software upgrades known as Technology Refresh 3 a year later than originally expected, the three-star general in charge of the program told lawmakers Wednesday.
The F-35 Joint Program Office now estimates TR-3 — intended to load the jet with improved displays, computer memory and processing power — will arrive in April 2024, Lt. Gen. Michael Schmidt, the F-35′s program executive officer, said during a March 30 hearing before a House Armed Services Committee subpanel.
That would be a year later than the original due date of April 2023, said the chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va.
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