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| F-35 variant has hit another major snag |
| 2017-01-06 |
| The Pentagon has established a "red team" to address considerable shortcomings with the F-35C, the carrier-based naval variant of the most expensive weapons project in history. The Pentagon's red team found the problem was due to several factors central to the plane's design, and recommended several fixes that will take several months to several years to fully fix. The report states that long term actions to address the problem will not take place until 2019, at which point they'll take 12-36 months to implement. Redesigns to the plane, as well as to carriers, may be necessary to fully address the problem. |
| Posted by:Sonny Mussolini4178 |
| #6 Can we scrap this giant piece of crap! Salvage what works and apply it to multiple aircraft. |
| Posted by: Omomort Cheager7040 2017-01-06 19:22 |
| #5 Had a red team come thru once on a project. They came up with some good ideas. Never hurts to have a second pair of eyes on a design. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2017-01-06 16:31 |
| #4 Look at the bright side, at least it didn't lose a motor.....yet Redesign the carriers, RIGHT ! |
| Posted by: USN, Ret 2017-01-06 15:47 |
| #3 Don't forget, this was designed as a multi-service aircraft - which means no service got what they really needed. The last time we tried this we got the F-111. The last time we succeeded was with the F-4, which we didn't design for all services. The Phantom II was designed to be the best fighter possible - and we kept adding to it. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2017-01-06 15:07 |
| #2 they designed and built an aircraft that doesn't launch well from a carrier??? To be fair, that's only one of the things it doesn't do well. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-01-06 15:02 |
| #1 Central to the plane's design???? What the hell...they designed and built an aircraft that doesn't launch well from a carrier??? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-01-06 14:03 |