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F-35 Integrated Core Processor Safety of Flight Certification Completed Last Month, L3Harris Says

F-35 Integrated Core Processor Safety of Flight Certification Completed Last Month, L3Harris Says
A U.S. Air Force and a Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) F-35A Lighting II aircraft fly over Korea on July 12. The 356th Fighter Squadron from Eielson AFB, Alaska, arrived in South Korea to conduct combined training flights with the ROKAF's 151st and 152nd Fighter squadrons (U.S. Air Force Photo)

L3Harris [LHX] has completed the safety of flight certification for the company's Integrated Core Processor (ICP) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter, L3Harris CEO Chris Kubasik said on July 29. ICP, which is to be 25 times more powerful than the F-35's current processor, is central to the F-35 program's Technology Refresh 3 (TR3). The latter is the computer backbone for Block 4, which is to have 88 unique features and to integrate 16 new weapons on the F-35.…

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