JSF planning for November IOT&E start after DOT&E orders updated test software

By Courtney Albon / September 14, 2018 at 1:48 PM
The F-35 joint program office expects to start its first formal operational testing events in November, after Director of Operational Test & Evaluation Robert Behler directed the program to hold off on starting the tests until the newest version of software is available to the test aircraft fleet. The Project on Government Oversight first reported this week on the Aug. 24 memo, signed by Behler, which calls for a slight delay to the most recent IOT&E schedule. That schedule anticipated...

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