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AFRL/F-35 Program Investing in New Digital Engineering Hardware

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, December 19th, 2024

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AFRL/F-35 Program Investing in New Digital Engineering Hardware

Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing prepare to refuel and re-arm an F-35A Lighting II at Hill AFB, Utah on Oct. 22nd (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the program office for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 are investing in digital engineering to speed development, as AFRL hosts a ribbon cutting for the Micro-Electronics Digital Engineering Infrastructure on Thursday at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. AFRL's DoD Supercomputing Resource Center is to house the new, advanced micro-electronics hardware. The latter is part of a $70-million investment by the F-35 Joint Program Office and others in advanced, digital engineering, AFRL said. "These upgrades…

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