March 29, 2024

F-35 Endures a ‘Very Painful’ Pentagon Review

F-35C JSF formation

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Senior Pentagon officials reportedly express frustration with progress on the Joint Strike Fighter’s high-tech helmet display and other problems with the F-35 in what one source described as a “very painful” Defense Acquisition Board hearing, according to Reuters.

F-35C JSF formation

F-35 test pilots Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Burks and Peter Kosogorin of BAE fly CF-1 and CF-2 during a formation flying qualities test Sept. 5 in the Atlantic Test Ranges.

The Pentagon is preparing to lock in multi-year funding for the V-22 Osprey (paywall), Inside Defense reports.

House considers a continuing resolution to fund the government through March, Defense News reports. The magazine also sees Sen. McCain calling on President Obama to hold a sequestration summit. Congress is currently considering alternatives to sequestration (paywall), Defense Daily reports. However, The Hill reports that there won’t be any votes on a Defense Authorization Bill before the election.

Navy and Marines face a “fiscal Valley Forge,” according to AOL Defense. Meanwhile, Information Dissemination detects a public relations surge by a few rear admirals.

L-3 Communications gets a $27.9 million NAVAIR contract “for the manufacture, test, delivery and support of the Common Data Link Hawklink system, including 7 AN/SRQ-4(Ku) Radio Terminal Sets for ship small surface combatants and 29 AN/ARQ-58 RTSs for the MH-60R aircraft.”

The Defense Science Board finds that the Pentagon wants more autonomy for unmanned vehicles, but it doesn’t trust the ones it has, Wired reports.

DoD Buzz doesn’t see much daylight between Romney and Obama on defense funding issues.

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