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F-35 Joint Simulation Environment Not Dependent on Nine Algorithms in Legal Dispute, DoD Says

F-35 Joint Simulation Environment Not Dependent on Nine Algorithms in Legal Dispute, DoD Says
An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, flies alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall, U.K., during a refueling mission over the North Sea on May 24 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The development of the Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter is not dependent on nine algorithms in a legal dispute before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA), the Pentagon said. At issue is whether Lockheed Martin or the government funded the algorithms. In 2019, the Defense Contract Audit Agency ruled that Lockheed Martin did not develop the algorithms solely with its own funds and thus did not have data rights to the algorithms,…

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