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| 2020-02-01 |
| [Air Force Times] Hundreds of F-35s could have the wrong fasteners in "critical areas," according to the Defense Contract Management Agency. But F-35 builder Lockheed Martin says the problem may not need to be fixed. "All aircraft produced prior to discovery of this [problem] have titanium fasteners incorrectly installed in locations where the design calls for Inconel," the F-35 Joint Program Office said in an email in response to a query from Air Force Magazine. "Because of this, the engineering safety analysis of the issue has assumed that each critical F-35 joint was assembled with the incorrect fasteners." |
| Posted by:M. Murcek |
| #4 Thanks Skid for correcting my omission |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2020-02-01 23:31 |
| #3 Most of the cost overruns on this basically good airframe were outsourced software development costs |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-02-01 12:06 |
| #2 Well the program mismanagers were so concerned with their precious logistics software they weren’t performing proper quality assurance Didn’t they have guys observing and walking the line and conducting audits? Or were they all too busy concocting new add ons for the software? Most of the cost overruns on this basically good airframe were software development costs |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2020-02-01 09:56 |
| #1 Titanium fasteners with aluminum rivets. Bad mix. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-02-01 01:20 |