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Leonardo to Deliver Additional Subsystems for F-35 Training, As U.S. Air Force Looks to Cybersecurity Upgrade for Older Jets

Leonardo to Deliver Additional Subsystems for F-35 Training, As U.S. Air Force Looks to Cybersecurity Upgrade for Older Jets
A Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) F-35A Lightning II fighter jet assigned to the 308th Fighter Squadron at Luke AFB, Ariz. soars over Bagdad, Ariz. on May 5. RDAF recently received two of seven F-35s that will support Danish pilot training at Luke. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Leonardo DRS said on June 24 that it has received a subcontract from Cubic Corp. [CUB] to deliver more than 150 internal subsystems (IS) of the P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II fighter's Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) system. The two new lots of IS will go on P5CTS for U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and allied nation F-35s. Leonardo DRS said that it has delivered more than 779 of its P5CTS internal…

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