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Senate Appropriators Advise Significant Cut to F-35 Software Development, Would Make C2D2 Separate Program

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Senate Appropriators Advise Significant Cut to F-35 Software Development, Would Make C2D2 Separate Program
An F-35A Lighting II carrying a B61-12 Joint Test Assembly sits on the flight line at Nellis AFB, Nev. on Sept. 21. Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft released B61-12 Joint Test Assemblies during the first Full Weapon System Demonstration, completing the final flight test exercise of the nuclear design certification process, the Air Force said. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Senate Appropriations Committee's draft fiscal 2022 defense funding bill recommends cutting nearly $566 million from the Pentagon's almost $2 billion request for Continuous Capability Development and Delivery (C2D2) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter. Under C2D2, F-35s are expected to receive software updates every six months. Begun in 2018, C2D2 has included the development of Block 4 software to prepare the aircraft to counter area denial by adversaries, Technology Refresh-3 updates, and making F-35s capable of carrying conventional…

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