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Air Force

F-35 Entering IOT&E By August 2017 Is Unrealistic, DOT&E Says

Pat Host

Monday, February 1st, 2016

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F-35 Entering IOT&E By August 2017 Is Unrealistic, DOT&E Says

A F-35C on the USS Nimitz during 2014 testing. (Photo: Navy).

The Defense Department’s chief weapons tester believes the F-35 program’s current schedule of completing system development and demonstration (SDD) and entering initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) by August 2017 is unrealistic and may not take place until as late as August 2018.Michael Gilmore, director of operational test and evaluation (OT&E), said in his annual report released Monday the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) continues to plan for IOT&E in August 2017, three months after the program’s planned completion of…

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