Pentagon Needs Hill Help With Software Fixes, Including On F-35
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Acquisition chief Ellen Lord wants a radically new way of buying software, but appropriators have to approve.
F-35C Readiness Rises, Navy Fighter Shortfall Fades
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While the Air Force bet the farm on F-35, the Navy put its airpower eggs in multiple baskets, from legacy fighters to new drones.
Air Force Tries To Fix F-35’s ALIS — From A Big, Broken Box To the Cloud
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How bad is the F-35’s computerized maintenance system, ALIS? So bad the plane may be better off without it.
ALIS Glitch Grounds Marine F-35Bs
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WASHINGTON: A glitchy software upgrade to the ALIS ground support system has grounded the Marine Corps F-35B squadron based in Yuma, Arizona, the F-35 Joint Program Office announced. Details are sparse, but a Marine Corps statement (reproduced in full below) said the unspecified “anomalies” only affected maintenance codes and only in the Yuma squadron, VMFA-211.… Keep reading →
Air Combat Commander Bullish On F-35 IOC
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RIAT: No roadblocks stand in the way of approving Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for the Air Force’s F-35A, Gen. Hawk Carlisle said here today. The head of Air Combat Command — who is the man charged with ensuring Lockheed Martin meets all the benchmarks for IOC — made clear nothing would happen until Air Force… Keep reading →
GAO Predicts F-35 Software Troubles May Drive Annual Costs Up To $15 Billion
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WASHINGTON: The Government Accountability Office, Congress’ watchdog, says the Pentagon will have to sharply increase annual funding for the Joint Strike Fighter should projected software delays persist. Here’s the rub in this latest GAO report. It’s based on the director of Operational Test and Evaluations finding that the program won’t be able to make up… Keep reading →
F-35’s ALIS ‘Way Behind,’ Bogdan Says; One Step Forward Last Week
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UPDATED: Lockheed React To Bogdan On ALIS. NEWSEUM: The key maintenance software program for the F-35, called ALIS, is “way behind,” Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, head of the program, said today. How far behind? “We are way behind. We are way behind.” Bogdan told a conference hosted by Credit Suisse and organized by Jim McAleese… Keep reading →
F-35 Operational Test and Evaluation Report; Marines Say No IOC Changes
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UPDATED: Marine Commandant Lists Top 3 Concerns; Lockheed Commits to Software Delivery In Time For Marine IOC. Here it is, for everyone to ponder, the F-35 portion of the annual report from Michael Gilmore, director of the Pentagon’s Operational Test and Evaluation office. The only sort of public annual benchmark on the success or failure… Keep reading →