Defense Acquisition Board to consider new F-35 Block 4 plan in early December

By Courtney Albon Lee Hudson / November 16, 2017 at 12:42 PM
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program expects to meet with Pentagon leadership in early December for approval of a new plan that will allow it to continuously develop software capabilities following completion of the post-system development and demonstration phase. F-35 Program Executive Officer Vice Adm Mat Winter told reporters in September he expected that approval to come in October. Air Force Brig. Gen. Eric Fick, F-35 program deputy, told Inside Defense Nov. 15 that while the program expects approval...

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