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洛马公司表示'今年将交付30架飞机'试飞1153架次完成7689个测试点'实现2A软件交付训练并开始试飞2B软件



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Lockheed addresses Pentagon  F-35 DOT&E report Dave Majumdar 17 Jan 2013
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... rt-381218/
"Lockheed Martin says it is not
disputing the facts laid out in the Pentagon's Director of Operational Test Evaluation (DOT&E) report on the company's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), but says that many ofthe issues raised have already been addressed.
"The challenges that are identified in the report are known items, normal discoveries," says Steve O'Bryan, Lockheed's F-35 business development director."When you look at it from a holistic sense, when you really talk about beginning OT [operational test] in 2017, these are known discoveries,known challenges, and the kind of normal discoveries you'd see in a flight test programme of this size and complexity." Despite the problems highlighted in the report, O'Bryan says 2012 went very well for the stealthy tri-service fighter. "Inmy humble opinion, it was our best year on the programme," he says....

...O'Bryan addresses some of the major problems highlighted in the DOT&E report. One problem, where F-35B short take-off/vertical landing (STOVL) model's durability testing was suspended due to cracking found on a bulkhead flange on the underside of the fuselage during a 7,000-hour inspection, is well on its way to being fixed. Lockheed has found and implemented a solution with a minor "single digit weight impact" and expects to resume tests shortly. "Despite what was reportedin some publications, this did not affect STOVL flight testing," O'Bryan says. "STOVL flight testingcontinued for the whole year."
The STOVL aircraft has had virtually no weight growth for the past 30 months, O'Bryan says. In fact, he says, the weight margin on that variant has increased by betterthan 100lbs to more than 400lbs,
up from about 300lbs. O'Bryan says that if everything works out as the company hopes, that margin should continue to increase if there is no further weight growth.
On the issue of the F-35's software,O'Bryan says that the Block 1 software that has already been delivered is performing very well. A more advanced package called Block 2A has been delivered to Edwards AFB, California, for testing. Later this year, that software block will be delivered to Eglin AFB, Florida, for training. It willallow instructor pilots at the base to use the aircraft's radar, electronic warfare suite, and infrared sensors.It will also enable pilots to simulate weapons releases, O'Bryan says.
As for the DOT&E report, O'Bryan says the company has an agreed upon plan with the F-35 Joint Program Office on developing the software packages which it is
implementing. "We have given to flight test much much greater percentages than were talked about there," he says....
...For 2013, O'Bryan says the company's goals are to deliver more than 30 aircraft, complete a flight test plan of 1153 flights and 7689 test points, releasing Block 2B to flight test, and releasing Block2A to the training fleet at Eglin AFB.Lockheed also hopes to complete the first lifetime of durability testing on the F-35B and C, and the company hopes to start delivering guided weapons from the aircraft. There will also be a second round of sea trials for the F-35B on the USS Wasp and operational testers at Nellis AFB, Nevada, should start to receive their first jets. Additionally, the Italian final assembly line should start delivering jets this year, O'Bryan says."

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   www.f-16.net洛马公司表示'今年将交付30架飞机'试飞1153架次完成7689个测试点'实现2A软件交付训练并开始试飞2B软件



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Lockheed addresses Pentagon  F-35 DOT&E report Dave Majumdar 17 Jan 2013
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... rt-381218/
"Lockheed Martin says it is not
disputing the facts laid out in the Pentagon's Director of Operational Test Evaluation (DOT&E) report on the company's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), but says that many ofthe issues raised have already been addressed.
"The challenges that are identified in the report are known items, normal discoveries," says Steve O'Bryan, Lockheed's F-35 business development director."When you look at it from a holistic sense, when you really talk about beginning OT [operational test] in 2017, these are known discoveries,known challenges, and the kind of normal discoveries you'd see in a flight test programme of this size and complexity." Despite the problems highlighted in the report, O'Bryan says 2012 went very well for the stealthy tri-service fighter. "Inmy humble opinion, it was our best year on the programme," he says....

...O'Bryan addresses some of the major problems highlighted in the DOT&E report. One problem, where F-35B short take-off/vertical landing (STOVL) model's durability testing was suspended due to cracking found on a bulkhead flange on the underside of the fuselage during a 7,000-hour inspection, is well on its way to being fixed. Lockheed has found and implemented a solution with a minor "single digit weight impact" and expects to resume tests shortly. "Despite what was reportedin some publications, this did not affect STOVL flight testing," O'Bryan says. "STOVL flight testingcontinued for the whole year."
The STOVL aircraft has had virtually no weight growth for the past 30 months, O'Bryan says. In fact, he says, the weight margin on that variant has increased by betterthan 100lbs to more than 400lbs,
up from about 300lbs. O'Bryan says that if everything works out as the company hopes, that margin should continue to increase if there is no further weight growth.
On the issue of the F-35's software,O'Bryan says that the Block 1 software that has already been delivered is performing very well. A more advanced package called Block 2A has been delivered to Edwards AFB, California, for testing. Later this year, that software block will be delivered to Eglin AFB, Florida, for training. It willallow instructor pilots at the base to use the aircraft's radar, electronic warfare suite, and infrared sensors.It will also enable pilots to simulate weapons releases, O'Bryan says.
As for the DOT&E report, O'Bryan says the company has an agreed upon plan with the F-35 Joint Program Office on developing the software packages which it is
implementing. "We have given to flight test much much greater percentages than were talked about there," he says....
...For 2013, O'Bryan says the company's goals are to deliver more than 30 aircraft, complete a flight test plan of 1153 flights and 7689 test points, releasing Block 2B to flight test, and releasing Block2A to the training fleet at Eglin AFB.Lockheed also hopes to complete the first lifetime of durability testing on the F-35B and C, and the company hopes to start delivering guided weapons from the aircraft. There will also be a second round of sea trials for the F-35B on the USS Wasp and operational testers at Nellis AFB, Nevada, should start to receive their first jets. Additionally, the Italian final assembly line should start delivering jets this year, O'Bryan says."

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