Lockheed's F-35 Wins Pentagon Approval for Full Combat Testing
By Anthony Capaccio
October 5, 2018, 11:31 AM EDT
Tests to begin despite more than 900 ‘unresolved deficiencies’
Results are crucial for approval of full production in 2019
Pentagon weapons buyer Ellen Lord has approved plans to begin full combat testing of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35, a major step toward full production of the fighter jet planned for next year.
Lord, the under secretary for acquisition, “certified readiness to enter operational testing after concurring†with the F-35 program manager’s recommendation to start in mid-November, her spokesman, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mike Andrews, said in a statement to Bloomberg News.
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