The Marine Corps must own the technical data rights for the platforms it operates, the service's top officer said yesterday, describing a situation in which a forward-based F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was sidelined while the contractor delivered a replacement component that could have been 3D printed onsite in a fraction of the time. “I’m tired of, frankly, when I go to an organization and I procure something, and then I have to go back to them and get their permission...
