An F-35B from Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 near its base at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina. Lockheed Martin
Amanda Macias and Alex Lockie, Business Insider: America's most expensive weapons system ever just hit another snag
America's most expensive weapons system ever just hit another snag.
The F-35 Lightning II, Lockheed Martin's fifth-generation fighter jet, is expected to miss another crucial deadline on its march to combat readiness.
On Tuesday, the Pentagon acknowledged that the jet would stumble pass its operational testing phase.
"The target was the middle of 2017, but it's clear we're not going to make that," Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's top acquisition officer, said.
The new schedule date, according to Kendall, is likely to occur in 2018.
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Pentagon Delays F-35 Tests as Software Glitch Shuts Down Jets Mid-Flight -- Sputnik
Political Turbulence Hits F-35 Joint Strike Fighter -- National Defense
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