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Fully Modernized, Cloud-Based F-35 Logistics System Expected in 2020

Fully Modernized, Cloud-Based F-35 Logistics System Expected in 2020
A display of the upgraded user interface for Lockheed Martin's Autonomic Logistic Information System (ALIS) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on display at the Air Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference Sept. 16, 2019 (Photo: Vivienne Machi/Staff).

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The F-35’s notoriously unwieldy Automated Logistics Information System (ALIS) is scheduled to move to the cloud by the end of the year, a move that is expected to significantly improve its usability and allow users to more rapidly adjust and develop applications, prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Sept. 16. The company plans to deliver an agnostic, cloud-based architecture for ALIS by 2020, using the rest of 2019 to shift its applications to the cloud before…

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