ErnstBlofeld Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Flight Global/Stephen Trimble:The F-35 programme is likely to have a reshuffled flight-test schedule again as Lockheed Martin continues to struggle with the reliability of the short take-off and vertical landing variant.It is not immediately clear if the possible "rephasing" of the flight-test schedule would result in a new overall delay for any of the three F-35 variants. Addressing a group of market analysts on 1 September, Lockheed Martin chief executive Robert Stevens says a recent push to improve the reliability of the F-35B STOVL variant has fallen short of expectations. As a result, an ongoing technical baseline review commissioned by the F-35 joint programme office is focusing on the viability of a dramatically reduced flight-test schedule adopted earlier this year. "I'm quite sure we're going to see a re-phasing of the STOVL flight-test programme to recognise actual performance to date," Stevens says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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