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F-35 upgrades slip to 2024, drawing lawmaker’s ire
« on: April 02, 2023, 11:02:46 am »
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.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/03/30/f-35-upgrades-slip-to-2024-drawing-lawmakers-ire/
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Re: F-35 upgrades slip to 2024, drawing lawmaker’s ire
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2023, 11:03:47 am »
Why are politicians so upset the AF can't fulfill it's mission should it need to? :thud:
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