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ODIN Logistics Software for F-35 to Reach Field Next Year

Frank Wolfe

Monday, April 25th, 2022

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ODIN Logistics Software for F-35 to Reach Field Next Year

Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, fly over the North Sea on April 14 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter is to begin operating a cloud-based, government-owned logistics software system next year. The F-35 program "is implementing a new strategy to replace the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) with [ODIN], a modern F-35 logistics and maintenance system," per the Air Force fiscal 2023 budget justification. "Hardware being procured is compatible with both ALIS and ODIN software. ODIN software fielding to the squadrons is planned to commence in 2023." Between last July and January 2022,…

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