By JIM THOMPSON | Northwest Florida Daily News | Published: April 8, 2021 EGLIN AFB, Fla. (Tribune News Service) The F-35 Joint Program Office, a combined group of civilian and Air Force and Navy uniformed personnel overseeing the ongoing development of the F-35 stealth fighter jet, has come under criticism from the Department of Defense for apparent deficiencies at an F-35 software laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base. In a January report, the DOD s office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, which oversees major defense acquisition programs, indicated that the F-35 Lightning II United States Reprogramming Laboratory is falling short in its mission of testing and improving software essential for the fifth-generation stealth fighter jet.
EGLIN AFB The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO), a combined group of civilian and Air Force and Navy uniformed personnel overseeing the ongoing development of the F-35 stealth fighter jet, has come under criticism from the Department of Defense (DoD) for apparent deficiencies at an F-35 software laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base.
In a January report, the DoD s office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E), which oversees major defense acquisition programs, indicated that the F-35 Lightning II United States Reprogramming Laboratory (USRL) is falling short in its mission of testing and improving software essential for the fifth-generation stealth fighter jet.
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Lockheed Martin managed to reduce the total number of identified problems with its F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter by two in 2020 – though 871 deficiencies remain.