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DoD Completes F-35 Block 3i Software Mission System Testing

Pat Host

Monday, October 26th, 2015

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DoD Completes F-35 Block 3i Software Mission System Testing

Maintenance staff inspect one of the 10 Luke AFB F-35s sent to Nellis AFB for a training deployment, April 15, 2015. Photo: U.S. Air Force.

The Defense Department has completed all F-35 block 3i software mission system testing and intends on delivering the software block to the field by January, according to Pentagon’s F-35 chief.F-35 Program Executive Officer (PEO) Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan said Wednesday the software block has already been delivered to operational testers “so they can wring out,” or resolve, issues. The F-35’s complicated software has been a significant hurdle to fielding the aircraft as there are more than eight million…

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