Air Force and Navy sustainment officials have been working since December to develop a detailed cost estimate for a plan to establish an organic F-35 Joint Strike Fighter software maintenance capability and will brief the program's sustainment lead in the next few weeks. The F-35 joint program office announced last year it would split the program's 16 software sustainment functions between the two services, assigning nine to the Air Force and seven to the Navy. The Air Force will divide...
