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F-35 Program Completes Recent Surge Of Weapons Tests

Pat Host

Monday, August 22nd, 2016

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F-35 Program Completes Recent Surge Of Weapons Tests

Raytheon AMRAAM air-to-air missile being fired from F-35 fighter in test in Oct. 2014. (Photo: Air Force.)

The F-35 program recently performed an “unprecedented” surge of weapons testing by completing 25 tests in one month, according to a Defense Department statement.The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said the F-35 Integrated Test Force recently conducted 12 weapons delivery accuracy (WDA) tests and 13 weapon separation tests (WST). JPO said the most tests previously accomplished in a month were three in November 2014 during Block 2B software testing. Historically, WDA tests take place once a month due to what…

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