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DOT&E Delays F-35 Operational Testing Until November For Software Upgrades

Friday, September 14th, 2018

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DOT&E Delays F-35 Operational Testing Until November For Software Upgrades

A Marine Corps F-35B lands on the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1),. (Photo: U.S. Navy )

Last month the Defense Department independent weapon tester delayed the start of F-35 operational testing by two months while it waits for the newest versions of software to be delivered.Robert Behler, the director of operational test and evaluation (DOT&E), said in an Aug. 24 memo obtained by the Project on Government Oversight that the start of initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) for the F-35 is waiting until it gets software version 30R02.The DOT&E office approved the current operationally-representative software…

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