{"id":709840,"date":"2020-01-30T14:30:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T19:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=709840"},"modified":"2020-01-30T14:30:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T19:30:34","slug":"dod-testers-report-f-35-is-still-a-lemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=709840","title":{"rendered":"DOD tester\u2019s report: F-35 is still a lemon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> A US Lockheed Martin F-35 Fighter is displayed during the 53rd International Paris Air Show last year in its natural state: on the ground. A poor “mission capable” rate plagues the F-35, as well as cybersecurity vulnerabilities and a gun that won’t shoot straight, according to an upcoming Pentagon report. (credit: Mustafa Yalcin\/Anadolu Agency\/Getty Images<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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The latest report on the progress of the US Defense Department’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is due out soon from the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s director for operational test and evaluation (DOT&E), Robert Behler.<\/p>\n

Last year’s report<\/a> was full of bad news. And based on Bloomberg Government’s Tony Capaccio’s early access<\/a> to the new report, we know much of that bad news is still bad news. In fact, the only real good news is that there are no new<\/em> major flaws in the $428 billion aircraft program reported by Behler’s team.<\/p>\n

But the bad is still bad. For starters, the Air Force version of the F-35 can’t hit what it shoots its gun at.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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