Lockheed F-35 Won’t Get Its Delayed Upgrade Until 2025, Congress’s Agency Says
- Fighter’s software and computer hardware are still incomplete
- Lockheed is running out of space to park undeliverable F-35s
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Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 stealth fighter won’t be able to fly its most advanced missions until 2025 because of delays to a problem-plagued $1.8 billion upgrade, Congress’s audit agency said.
The delays are the result of unstable software and tardy hardware for the upgrade package, known as TR-3, the Government Accountability Office said in its annual F-35 assessment released Thursday. The upgrade is supposed to increase processing power 37 times and memory 20 times over the F-35’s current capabilities.