Intellectual property issues delay stand up of organic F-35 software depots

By Courtney Albon / March 16, 2018 at 4:05 PM
The general in charge of Air Force Materiel Command told reporters March 14 the service is working closely with the F-35 joint program office and prime contractor Lockheed Martin to stand up an organic software depot capability as soon as possible, but discussions around intellectual property have been delaying that process. The Air Force and Navy will share responsibility for F-35 software production, which includes sustainment of existing software and continuous development of new capability. Inside Defense previously reported the...

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