Senate Panel Presses DOD For Update On F-35 Software Risks

By Christopher J. Castelli / June 26, 2013 at 5:07 PM
Lawmakers are pressing the Pentagon for more information about software risks that pose the greatest technical challenge to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Zeroing in on an upcoming critical design review that the program office maintains will shed more light on the status of the Block 3F software needed to equip the aircraft for combat, Senate authorizers are directing the Defense Department to brief the congressional defense committees on the findings no later than 30 days after the assessment...

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