Because Gilmore expressed this concern to Congress in the fall based on reports from the spring of ’16? You don’t suppose that there has been some improvement in software stability in the past six months? Reports from RF suggest there has-
“We flew these jets hard. We flew a ton of missions in Red Flag during those four weeks. I would strongly disagree (with the proposition) that the jets are not ready. We are ready to take these jets on the road whenever we’re asked to,”
““All our mission systems were up every time,” Watkins said, noting that he would often fly his F-16 with one or more of its mission systems down and just have to find work-arounds. “For the F-35 at this Red Flag, every mission system was up every time.”
No because of text of linked article .
Davis says that four jet fusion is still a challenge owing to a shadowing issue that has affected the programme. The phenomenon causes one contact as sensed by multiple F-35s to appear as multiple aircraft.
“We don’t see this as much as we did a year ago,” says Davis. Pilots have learned to stick with formations of four in which the aircraft are fused as two pairs, not as a four-ship. The phenomenon can also be removed by “switching certain sensors on and off.”
µOnce again, this is not vs the plane
, but program management. Holding its breath could be a nice change.
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