F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin now anticipates the next software release of the jet's Autonomic Logistics Information System will begin fielding in early 2017 -- at least five months later than the program anticipated. The program announced last year that the next release, ALIS 2.0.2, would miss its August 2016 delivery target by about two months, due largely to challenges integrating propulsion data into the diagnostics system. Lockheed's vice president for F-35 logistics Mary Ann Horter told Inside the Air...
