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New Approach, Investment Helping Lockheed Martin With F-35 Software Development

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

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New Approach, Investment Helping Lockheed Martin With F-35 Software Development

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] improved approach to F-35 software development is helping the company save time and money by correcting issues earlier in the process, according to a key executive. Lockheed Martin Vice President for F-35 Integration and Business Development Stephen O’Bryan said “Lights Out Testing,” where the company runs its software testing labs 24-hours per day, seven days per week, is helping to find quality issues as early as possible so they aren’t found later in the jet, which he…

Congress

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Congress

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