Software Delays Extend F-35 Delivery Hiatus Deep Into Second Year
If software delays extend an F-35 delivery freeze beyond September, Lockheed Martin executives will review the program’s annual production rate of 156 aircraft.
Credit: Airman 1st Class Jose Miguel T. Tamondong/U.S. Air Force
A nagging software development problem and hardware shortage will slow deliveries from Lockheed Martin’s F-35 assembly line for at least two years, forcing a growing queue of stealth fighter operators to wait even longer for jets as the manufacturer’s executive leadership revisits its approach to...
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