Originally Posted by
Maus92
Some not so good news about the Charlie: Testing was halted back in November after a "small crack" was found in the titanium wing spar, which was downplayed at the time by JPO spokesperson Joe DellaVedova, "Such discoveries are expected during a developmental test program." Note that the JPO was more or less forced to respond to press reports about the cracks - the JPO had not released news of the casualty publicly. Testing resumed in February after repairs, but was halted 3 days later after strain gauges detected further cracking.
Another set back, but I am not surprised that any/each bump in the road is not publicized. Think about it: if you were running the program, would you go out of your way to stress the issues that arise? That's counter intuitive.
Let the press work for their pay.
People running the tech side probably want to be left alone to solve the problems. From what you say, that crack does not look related to the hook problem that was previously solved, and given where it is ... wonder how long the actual fix / redesign will take?