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Air Force

DoD ‘Radically’ Changed How It Produces F-35 Software Increments, Bogdan Says

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

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The Defense Department “radically” changed and improved how it designs, tests and delivers F-35 software increments, going from a rate of one increment every 30 days to every three days, according to DoD’s F-35 chief. F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office Program Executive Officer Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan said yesterday Lockheed Martin [LMT], the F-35’s prime contractor, invested in additional facilities and labs to do testing, which increased software code throughput. Bogdan said DoD also helped Lockheed Martin…

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