There are discussions among Navy leadership about shaving a full year off the initial operational capability date for the carrier variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, from 2015 to 2014, according to a source familiar with the JSF program. "Nothing is definite, but there are discussions," the source said. Moving the IOC to the left for the F-35C would likely involve a change in the definition of IOC, he said. For example, if the IOC were defined as four...
