Venlet: JSF Program To Add Six Aircraft To Testing, 1,800 Extra Flights

By Dan Taylor / February 15, 2011 at 9:07 PM
In his first public comments since taking over as program executive officer of the Joint Strike Fighter program last year, Vice. Adm. David Venlet said today that the program is adding more than 1,800 test flights to the schedule and pulling in production aircraft to help bear the testing load in a bid to get the troubled program back on track. The test program originally called for 12 aircraft to expand the flight envelope and burn off test points, but...

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