The Joint Strike Fighter program office will not make modifications to the weapons bay of the Marine Corps F-35 variant until partner nations have completed weapons development, according to an official. Rear Adm. Randolph Mahr, F-35 deputy program executive officer, told Inside the Navy after his presentation at a March 17 conference sponsored by the Precision Strike Association in Springfield, VA, that modifications would not be made to the F-35B short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing aircraft until weapons like the Joint Standoff Missile...
