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Saturday, August 6, 2011

F-35s take a Hiatus After Ancillary Turbine Failure

Hopefully this will be easy to diagnose, but more importantly easy to fix.  Support system failures early in the life-cycle often lead to major re-designs.  That could cost both money and weight, and the program doesen't have a lot of buffer left in either one.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/03/fighter-usa-lockheed-martin-idUSN1E7721X620110803

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