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Case Closed: The F-35 Is the Stealth Fighter the U.S. Military Needs
Abandoning the F-35 now would be a huge mistake that would set back U.S. and Allied airpower. And only Russia and China would benefit.
The F-35 stealth fighter jet has had quite a trajectory over a period of many years, including substantial ups and downs marked by some breakthrough successes such as new weapons integration, performance enhancing software upgrades, wargame performance, favorable pilot reviews, growing global demand and some measure of initial combat success.
As part of this multi-year developmental maturation, there have also been some developmental hurdles including computer glitches, technical maturation hiccups and a one-time engine malfunction. Of course, the largest criticism over the years has been cost.
ODIN: The Computer System That Can Fix the F-35 Fighter?
The old system, called ALIS is dead. Long live, the new system, called ODIN.
A new F-35 on-board computer system has now fielded and taken to the skies, an upgraded logistics and maintenance database system intended to ensure safe, efficient flight and information management on board the jet.
The system, called Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN), was developed as a follow-on or improvement upgrade to the F-35s well known Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS). ODIN is slated to be fully operational by 2022, a Lockheed statement said.
This kind of high-speed, diagnostic computer system performs a number of critical functions. One of those is condition-based maintenance wherein onboard sensors and computers monitor flight systems such as engine rotations or cooling functions. In addition, ODIN will examine the component health of on-board software and hardware throughout the aircraft such as avionics and