The Pentagon said on March 12 that it had approved the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 for full-rate production--nine years after the fifth-generation fighter entered service. A month before the DoD full-rate decision, a report by the Pentagon Director of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) found serious shortcomings in the F-35. On Thursday, the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) posted the redacted report that the organization said it received through a Freedom of Information Act request. DOT&E Assessment of Post-IOT&E F-35…
