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November 3, 2016Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

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How Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Program Became Boringly Successful (from The National Interest)

November 3, 2016Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

The Joint Strike Fighter program has become boringly successful. Both the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force have declared initial operating capability. Equally important, both have a sufficient number of aircraft to do the development of operational concepts and tactics. Members of the International Consortium are receiving their first aircraft and several nations are actively investing in supporting infrastructure. There are no show stoppers remaining in the F-35 program, merely known problems to be addressed and advanced software drops to be written and installed. As the Under Secretary for AT&L, Frank Kendall, observed in a recent interview, “I have for some time not considered the F-35 to be one of my problem programs.” Like I said, successful and boring. I discuss the status of the F-35 program at greater length here.

 

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