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Multiple government reviews and journalism identify several recurring drivers of high F‑35 maintenance and sustainment costs: complex stealth materials and advanced electronics that require specialise...
Mission-capable (MC) and sortie-per-aircraft metrics for the F-35 show a mixed picture: U.S. Air Force F-35As have operated at roughly half of the time mission-capable in recent years, U.S. services a...
The Department of Defense’s publicly cited “unit” flyaway numbers for recent F‑35 production lots place the A at about $82.5 million, the B at about $109 million, and the C at about $102.1 million — f...
The F‑35 can fly supersonic without afterburner in certain conditions — commonly reported around Mach 1.2 for a limited “dash” — but manufacturers and analysts dispute whether that meets the technical...
A software-centered remedy and tweaks to the battery heater-control logic were developed to stop erroneous cockpit battery‑failure warnings that appeared in extremely cold conditions (about −30°C) wit...
The V-22 Osprey’s issues are multi-layered: long-standing mechanical failures and material flaws have produced fatal mishaps, and bureaucratic fragmentation has slowed fixes, even as the platform’s sp...
Logistics software and depot-level maintenance materially affect program sustainment costs and availability: the F‑35’s legacy ALIS generated extra maintenance actions, slow workflows and bulky hardwa...