F-35 Delivery Freeze Complicated By Software Doubts, Hardware Shortages

Lockheed Martin F-35

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The head of the Pentagon F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said on Dec. 12 he still cannot predict when a software issue that has halted new aircraft deliveries from Lockheed Martin since July will be corrected. The software for Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3), a $1.6 billion cockpit electronics upgrade...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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