The Pentagon and the F-35 joint program office are at odds over exactly when the Navy's Wide-Area Search Sea Surface and Track initial operational capability is set to be required for the Joint Strike Fighter. While Frank Kendall, the top Defense Department acquisition official, has said the capability was meant to be included in Block 3F, the program office says the technology was always planned for Block 4.1. Indeed, in a June report to Congress, Kendall wrote that "software development...
