The jet can’t tell old parts from new ones, randomly prevents user logins into the logistics information system, and trying to eject out of it will likely result in serious neck injury and maybe death. A Pentagon office is warning that the plane is being rushed into service.
The Pentagon’s office of testing and evaluation released a report in February detailing major problems, or “deficiencies” with the aircraft. The report followed the release of a December memo by Michael Gilmore, the Department of Defense’s director for Operational Test and Evaluation, or OT&E. The report goes on to question the logic of pushing other governments to purchase large numbers of the aircraft until the issues are fixed.
The Air Force is currently scheduled to announce their version of the plane is ready to begin flying, known as “initial operating capability,” in August or December at the latest. That follows the Marines declaring their version flight ready last summer. After that, the next F-35 milestone is the initial operational test & evaluation phase, scheduled for 2017, in which program watchers test if the plane is operationally capable but also effective. That 2017 projection is unrealistic unless the Air Force takes some serious shortcuts in testing, according to the new report.
So what’s wrong with the F-35? Here are some of the report’s key findings..
4 comments:
lmao, every weapons program or aircraft that moved the yardstick against our adversaries initially had issues, but the engineers went on to finding the answers. you want air superiority then you got to start somewhere. to do nothing is short sightedness and just plain stupid!
Stick a fork in it.
"The report goes on to question the logic of pushing other governments to purchase large numbers of the aircraft until the issues are fixed."
Unless the other governments are Iran, Russia, N Korea, etc.
personally I would rather we didnt sell this jet to certain countries, turkey for one. Lockheed promised a selling price of $50 mil per copy they are still over $100 mil per copy, down from $120 mil a copy. They spread the work around so every state gets a share and they get the congressional votes. Lockheed should be held for the cost overruns. but they will never get to $50 mil unless they sell alot of them. Hence all the partner countries supporting the program. Doing nothing is not an option as the chicoms and the russians are pushing their capabilities!
I for one would rather see my tax dollars spent on protecting this country before we spend it on cell phones and welfare for dead beats and illegals!
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