Air Force Tries To Fix F-35’s ALIS — From A Big, Broken Box To the Cloud

Air Force Tries To Fix F-35’s ALIS — From A Big, Broken Box To the Cloud
Air Force Tries To Fix F-35’s ALIS — From A Big, Broken Box To the Cloud

How bad is the F-35’s computerized maintenance system, ALIS? So bad the plane may be better off without it.

Air Force Presses Lockheed On F-35 Readiness: Lt. Gen. Bunch

Air Force Presses Lockheed On F-35 Readiness: Lt. Gen. Bunch
Air Force Presses Lockheed On F-35 Readiness: Lt. Gen. Bunch

The Pentagon’s independent tester reports that F-35 readiness is stuck at 60 percent, while the A model’s gun is unacceptably inaccurate.

Navy Inks Huge Ford Carrier Deal; Pentagon Flags Problems

Navy Inks Huge Ford Carrier Deal; Pentagon Flags Problems
Navy Inks Huge Ford Carrier Deal; Pentagon Flags Problems

WASHINGTON: The Navy signed a massive, $15.2 billion contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding this evening for two more Ford-class aircraft carriers, hours after a Pentagon report listed a litany of problems with the ambitious program. The contract pays for completion of in 2028 of the USS Enterprise, which began in 2017. It also…