Thursday, January 8, 2015

Pentagon: The F-35's Main Gun Will Be Operational By 2017

Reuters

DoD Buzz: Pentagon: F-35 Gun Will Fire in 2017

WNU Editor: The Pentagon seems to be very sure of itself that the F-35 will have a gun that will fire by 2017 .... but as Dave Majumdar from The Daily Beast points out .... the Pentagon and Lockheed are being very careful on what they are promising .... Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal (Daily Beast).

Update #1: F-35 Program Office: Gun Remains On Schedule -- Defense News
Update #2: Lockheed Martin on F-35: No Gun Software Glitch; Sensor Upgrades Expected -- Roll Call

1 comment:

Jay Farquharson said...

No, it won't. As the Daily Beast noted in a follow on story, the Pentagon weasel worded their way around the Daily Beasts claims.