https://nationalinterest.org/blog/bu...-problem-35867
"Robert Behler, the director of operational test and evaluation, is delaying IOT&E until the program addresses several software issues. Behler writes that operational testing cannot begin until the program updates versions of the F-35’s operating software, mission-data files, Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), and testing range infrastructure software.
While it is not clear from the memo which specific problems remain to be resolved, previous testing reports found “key technical deficiencies in the ability of the F-35 to employ
the AIM-120 weapons ” (the principle air-to-air missile) and an “uncharacterized
bias toward long and right of the target” when pilots fire the aircraft’s cannon, resulting in them “consistently missing ground targets
during strafe testing .”
Q. Does amraam fit in the truncated F35b weapon bays?
A. Only as ballast.
glad sends.....
