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From ejector seats that could kill to a computer system pilots can't log into: Pentagon F-35 fighter jet report reveals massive problems still facing 'most expensive weapon in history'

By Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com
20:06 03 Feb 2016, updated 07:32 04 Feb 2016
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Footage shows F-35 stealth jet unleashing 181 rounds in matter of seconds
The four-barrel Gatling gun is embedded in the wing to keep stealth profile*
Test team hopes to launch first phase of airborne gun testing in the fall*
Highly-anticipated stealth jet has been plagued by production setbacks
It has so far cost over $3.5bn, and is eight years late.*

Hailed as the most expensive weapon in history, the controversial F-35 stealth fighter jet is undergoing rigorous testing at California's Edwards Air Force Base.

However, a new Pentagon report has revealed a massive list of potentially lethal bugs still facing the jet.

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Hailed as the most expensive weapon in history, the controversial stealth jet is undergoing rigorous testing. Now, Military bosses have revealed it has finally fired its first shots in the air.
*A December memo by Michael Gilmore, the Department of Defense's director for Operational Test and Evaluation warned of 'significant ongoing challenges' - and these have now been revealed.

The Air Force is currently scheduled to announce their version of the plane is ready to begin flying, known as 'initial operating capability,' in August or December at the latest, according to Defence One.*

The Marines have already claimed their version of the plane, known as block 2B, is ready.

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However, the report reveals serious problems with the computer software, including 'in fusion, electronic warfare, and weapons employment result[ing] in ambiguous threat displays, limited ability to respond to threats, and a requirement for off-board sources to provide accurate coordinates for precision attack.'*

Earlier this year researchers revealed the hugely delayed and over budget project has finally fired its first shots in the air.

The F-35A Lightning II completed the first three airborne gunfire bursts from its internal Gun Airborne Unit (GAU)-22/A 25mm Gatling gun system during a California test flight on October 30th.*

The F-35 also has a smart parts system to ensure everything is working within its limits, and can warn when parts need to be replaced.*

However, the computerized maintenance management System, or CMMS, 'incorrectly authorizes older/inappropriate replacement parts.' the report said.

THE EJECTOR SEAT THAT COULD KILL*

Pilots under 136 pounds aren't allowed to fly any F-35 variant. Pilots under 165 pounds have a 1-in-4 chance of death and 100 percent chance of serious neck injury upon ejecting, according to the testing office.

'The testing showed that the ejection seat rotates backwards after ejection.*

This results in the pilot's neck becoming extended, as the head moves behind the shoulders in a 'chin up' position.*

When the parachute inflates and begins to extract the pilot from the seat (with great force), a 'whiplash' action occurs.*

The rotation of the seat and resulting extension of the neck are greater for lighter weight pilots,' the report states.

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It also fails to detect if it's been flying too fast and *'randomly prevented user logins' into its computerised control system.*

In the first live firing test, three bursts of one 30 rounds and two 60 rounds each were fired from the aircraft's four-barrel, 25-millimeter Gatling gun.*

In integrating the weapon into the stealthy F 35A airframe, the gun must be kept hidden behind closed doors to reduce its radar cross section until the trigger is pulled.

'The successful aerial gun test sortie was a culmination of several years' planning, which intensified in the first half of 2015 at the Edwards F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) Flight Test Squadron with a team of Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney, General Dynamics, and Northrop Grumman personnel,' said Mike Glass, Edwards ITF flight test director.*

'The results of this testing will be used in future blocks of testing, where the accuracy and mission effectiveness capabilities will be evaluated.'

The 25mm gun is embedded in the F-35A's left wing and is designed to be integrated in a way to maintain the F-35's very low observable criteria.*

It will provide pilots with the ability to engage air-to-ground and air-to-air targets.*

'At the end of the program's system development and demonstration phase in 2017, the F-35 will have an operational gun.**

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The first phase of F-35 gun testing started in June, when initial shots were fired from the ground at the Edwards Air Force Flight Test Center's gun harmonizing range.

The gun system will be further tested with a production F-35A next year for integration with the jet's full mission systems capabilities.*

The test team will demonstrate the gun's effectiveness in both air-to-air and air-to-ground employment when integrated with the next generation fighter's sensor fusion software, which will provide targeting information to the pilot through the helmet mounted display.*

At the end of the program's system development and demonstration phase in 2017, the F-35 will have an operational gun.

The F-35 is designed with the entire battlespace in mind, bringing new flexibility and capability to the United States and its allies.*
F35.com*

The first phase of the gun testing began on June 9, and the amount of munitions fired has been gradually increased, until the 181 rounds were fired on August 17.

The ground tests were designed using software to replicate being in flight, using a production version of the GAU-22/A gun.

The tests, using the target practice PGU-23/U which does not explode on impact, showed the gun's ability to spin up and down correctly.

Further testing will be carried out next year, to integrate the GAU-22/A system with the jet's full avionics and mission systems capabilities.

The following stage will be to observe the qualitative effects, including muzzle flash – the visible light emitted by the blast of a firearm – the human factors, and the flying qualities.

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'Flying computer': U.S. militar


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'Flying computer': U.S. military leaders have extolled the virtues of the F-35 jets, which are intended to 'combine advanced stealth capabilities with fighter aircraft speed and agility'
But the production of the latest breed of stealth jet – one of the most highly anticipated advancements in military history – has had more than its fair share of problems.

Despite costing the US military more than $350billion, the jet has so far failed to live up to expectations.

The cutting-edge F-35, which is meant to be the most sophisticated jet ever, was embarrassingly outperformed by a 40-year-old F-16 jet in a dogfight in July.

The test pilot condemned the jet's performance at the time, claiming it performed so appallingly that he deemed it completely inappropriate for fighting other aircraft within visual range.

The Pentagon leapt to the defense of its new toy, insisting that the aircraft used in the test was not equipped to the same standard of its front-line aircraft, and did not have its 'stealth coating'.

But even so, the dismal result of the dogfight against an aircraft designed in the 1970s did little to restore confidence in the F-35.

He even criticised the half-million-dollar custom-made helmet, supposedly designed to give the pilot a 360-degree view outside the plane, but which he claimed made it difficult to move his head inside the cramped cockpit.*

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Plagued by setbacks: The F-35 production has already cost the U.S. military


The helmet was too large for the space inside the canopy to adequately see behind the aircraft,' he wrote in his five-page report.

A series of setbacks has delayed production by up to eight years and put it $263billion over budget, so far.

The spiralling costs are due to a number of factors, including engine problems that caused one jet to burst into flames during take-off last May.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, who is in charge of the F-35 programme, said the planes had been plagued by simple mistakes. These included everything from wingtip lights that did not meet Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards to tires that could not cope with the landings.*

But military bosses have been quick to extol the virtues of the stealth multirole fighter, which is predicted to be vastly superior to its fourth-generation predecessors.

Marine Lt Gen. Robert Schmidle said the planes were like flying computers and that they could detect an enemy five to 10 times faster than the enemy could detect it.

And Lt Col David Burke told 60 Minutes last year: 'I'm telling you, having flown those other airplanes, it's not even close at how good this airplane is and what this airplane will do for us.'

Its creators at Lockheed Martin boast that the stealth jet 'combines advanced stealth capabilities with fighter aircraft speed and agility, fully fused sensor information, network-enabled operations and advanced logistics and sustainment'.

BUT HOW DOES IT COMPARE WITH ITS 1970S PREDECESSOR, THE F-16 JET?

*F-35

Role: *Stealth multirole fighter

First flight: *December 15, 2006

Unit cost (not including engine):*

F-35A - $98million

F-35B - $104million

F-35C - $116million*

Number built: 115 (as of November 2014)*

Length: 15.67m

Wingspan: 10.7m

Height: 4.33m

Max speed (F-35A):*1,930kph

Armament:*

One of the most highly-anticipated features of the F-35 armament is the Small Diameter Bomb II (SBD II).The bomb is able to guide towards its target using laser, imaging infrared or radar homing.

It can hit moving or stationary targets in any weather, or at night, with unprecedented reliability and accuracy.

The 'super weapon' is predicted to be the most versatile air-to-ground munition in the Pentagon's air combat inventory.

The cost per SDB II is said to be around $250,000 and the US military plans on buying as many as 17,000 of them.


*F-16

Role: *Multirole fighter

*First flight: January 20, 1974

Unit cost:

F-16A/B - $14.6million

F-16C/D - $18.8million*

Number built: 4,540+*

Length: 15.06m

Wingspan: 9.96m

Height: 4.88m*

Max speed (F-16C):*2,120kph

Combat history:*

*The F-16 has served in the Air Forces of 26 nations, including the U.S., Israel, Egypt, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.

During Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 assault on Iraq, F-16s flew over 13,000 operations, more than any other Coalition aircraft.

The U.S. has employed the F-16 in operations over the Balkans, Afghanistan and Libya. *

At its production peak in 1987, the F-16 team in Fort Worth was also making history, by producing 30 F-16s in just 30 days.*

Thanks to frequent upgrades improving and incorporating new technologies into the cockpit, avionics, sensors and weapons, the aircraft has become more reliable over its 40 years.


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The f35.com website continues: 'The F-35 is designed with the entire battlespace in mind, bringing new flexibility and capability to the United States and its allies.

'Reliance on any single capability – electronic attack, stealth, etc – is not sufficient for success and survivability in the future.'

There are three main variants to the F-35: F-35A conventional takeoff and landing; the F-35B short take-off and vertical landing; and F-35C carrier-based catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery aircraft.

I'm telling you, having flown those other airplanes, it's not even close at how good this airplane is and what this airplane will do for us.
Lt Col David Burke on 60 Minutes

The fifth-generation aircraft is designed to excel in electronic warfare, air-to-surface combat and air-to-air combat.

Its stealth technology allows it to avoid radar detection that previous fourth generation fighters cannot. It also carries its weapons and fuel internally so it cannot be 'detected and tracked'.

The Royal Air Force has so far ordered eight F-35s to be delivered by next year.

The jets were meant to enter service in 2012, but Sir Nick Harvey, who served as the Minister of State for Armed Forces between 2010 and 2012, said that there was 'not a cat in hell's chance' that the jet would be in British service by 2018.

'I don't recall…having heard anyone suggesting that these things could be used in combat before 2020.'

In total, Britain is expected to purchase 138 of the jets from the US, but at present costs that would add up to a total of $19billion.

The delays and escalating costs mean that once the British Tornado jets – which have been in service since 1979 - are retired in three years' time, the UK will be left with an 'offensive capacity' of just 60 planes.

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But the UK is not the only country waiting for the costly fighter jet to be fixed.

US Vice President Joe Biden promised a delivery of the jets to Israel 'next year', amid reports that Tel Aviv has approved a new deal to add 14 more jets to its 2010 order for 19 aircraft, according to RT.com.*

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http://www.newsweek.com/more-bads-news-f-35-plane-ate-pentagon-378110


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MORE BAD NEWS FOR THE F-35, THE PLANE THAT ATE THE PENTAGON
BY JONATHAN BRODER ON 9/30/15 AT 6:56 AM

Three F-35 Joint Strike Fighters can be seen flying over Edwards Air Force Base on December 10, 2011. For years, the F-35 has been much maligned, dubbed by industry wags as “the plane that ate the Pentagon.”
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The warplanes took off vertically, dipping and diving as they intercepted enemy aircraft, suppressed enemy fire and supported troops on the ground. Then they landed on the deck of an amphibious assault ship, in the same way they took off: vertically.

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For 10 days in May off the coast of Virginia, a half dozen F-35 fighter jets tested their capabilities under what military officials called real world combat conditions. The Pentagon was trying to see if the Marine Corps’ version of the next-generation fighter plane—its most expensive weapons project ever—was ready for battle. In July, after analyzing the test results, Marine Commandant General*Joseph Dunsford triumphantly declared that it was.

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That came as a surprise to critics and was seen as a victory for the military brass. For years, the F-35, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, has been much maligned. Industry wags had dubbed it “the plane that ate the Pentagon.” A relentless series of technical glitches had pushed the warplane’s development years behind schedule, and its price tag ballooned to a staggering $400 billion—nearly twice its original cost.

Now even Dunsford’s piece of good news is in doubt. A scathing memo written by J. Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon official who oversees operational testing and evaluations of new weapons systems, dismissed Dunsford’s declaration, saying the conditions of the test hardly simulated real-world combat. The planes, for example, carried no missiles or bombs during the evaluation and landed on a deck that had been cleared of other aircraft. As a result, Gilmore wrote, the test “did not—and could not demonstrate” that the war plane “is operationally effective or suitable for use in any type of limited combat operation or that it is ready for real-world operational deployments.”

Critics of the F-35 program say Dunsford—who was recently confirmed as chairman of the Joint chiefs of Staff—was simply trying to build public support for the troubled aircraft and maintain the flow of cash from Congress “... [T]he Marine Corps were doggedly determined to reap the public relations benefits of meeting their artificial [initial operational test] deadline—even if in name only —no matter what,” write defense experts Dan Grazier and Mandy Smithberger in a September 14 report on the F-35 by the Project on Government Oversight, a watchdog group, that included Gilmore’s memo.


The Pentagon began developing the F-35 program in 2001 as replacement for the U.S. military’s F-15 fighters, F-16 and F-18 bombers and reconnaissance aircraft and A-10 close air support warplanes. On average, all are 27*years*old. Pentagon officials and Lockheed Martin, the principal contractor, say the F-35 will combine the most advanced stealth coating composites, top-of-the-line radar-jamming capabilities, supersonic speed, hairpin agility and state-of-the-art sensor fusion technology to create the most versatile and lethal warplane of all time. The F-35 will also come in three models—a conventional takeoff and landing version for the Air Force, the carrier-based catapult-assisted take-off version for the Navy and the vertical take-off and landing variety for the Marine Corps. *

But throughout its development, the F-35 has been plagued by seemingly endless technical malfunctions, management problems and resistance from critics who question whether the warplane will be able to perform as promised and is worth its crushing costs. One report cited flaws in its fuel tank and hydraulic systems that increase the plane’s vulnerability to lightning strikes and enemy fire, especially at low altitudes. Another downgraded the single-engine plane’s acceleration rates and ability to turn. Test pilots have criticized poor cockpit visibility, which they said could get them shot down during combat. They also cite faulty software and radar, as well as ejection seats that don’t work. An engine fire in 2014 led to the grounding of the entire F-35 fleet, as well as two government reports that declared the Pratt & Whitney engines to be unreliable. The pilot’s helmet, each an individually sculpted $400,000 system that provides a 360-degree view of a pilot’s surroundings, has problems distinguishing friends from enemies. In one of the most embarrassing developments, a F-35 was pitted against an F-16 in a dogfight in July, and the aging F-16 won.

The F-35’s champions counter that the plane is designed to destroy its enemies at long distances, not in old-fashioned dogfights. But Army ground commanders who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan also question the ability of the F-35 to provide the same quality of close air support that the A-10 “Warthog” delivers. In response, lawmakers earlier this year refused the Pentagon’s request to retire the A-10s.


Officials at the Pentagon’s Joint Strike Fighter Program Office acknowledge the warplane has had a rough gestation period. In addition to the F-35’s technical problems, they say, Lockheed Martin mismanaged the plane’s development for a decade, falling behind schedule and billing the Pentagon for needed fixes and the time required to make them. “It had gone off the rails,” Joe DellaVedova, the program’s spokesman, tells Newsweek. In 2010, after a special Pentagon panel warned of billions of dollars in cost overruns, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates restructured the program and required Lockheed Martin to cover the extra costs. He also took control of the F-35 away from the defense contractors and appointed a trusted Air Force general to run it.

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Since then, DellaVedova says, the program has been on schedule. “We haven’t asked for another dime, and we haven’t asked for additional time,” DellaVedova says. “We’re operating under the premise that there is no more time and there is no more money. We’re not going back to that well.”

The technical problems that the plane has encountered over the past five years, he maintains, are now in line with the development of any large weapons system. And as those glitches get resolved, the unit price of the plane will continue to go down. Each F-35 now costs around $108 million, down from $150 just a few years ago, he says. And once the plane goes into full production in 2018, he estimates the cost will fall to about $85 million each, fully loaded. The Pentagon plans to buy around 2,500 F-35s and sell another 600 of the planes to 11 allied countries.

Yet Senator*John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Committee and one of the most voluble critics of the F-35’s cost overruns, still questions the plane’s long-term affordability. The Government Account Office says that by the end of its lifetime, the F-35 program will have cost $1 trillion. “After suffering years of unacceptable cost growth and schedule delays, the program appears to have started to stabilize,” McCain says. “Still, cost, affordability and technological changes remain.” He say his committee will be closely following the management and performance of the F-35 program. “We will hold individuals responsible,” he warns.

McCain and other critics will get plenty of opportunities to oversee the program and its additional costs. According to DellaVedova, the F-35 has completed 65 percent of its test program, which he says should be completed by 2017. Then comes what he calls “the improvement stage,” when various weapons systems are integrated for foreign buyers and new technologies are added to the American fleet. “And that, DellaVedova says,” could go on for decades.”

It another words, the F-35’s turbulent journey to the battlefield is far from over.

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified the*F-35's price tag as $400 million.*

 

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http://gizmodo.com/the-f-35-has-big-radar-problems-and-the-fix-is-hilariou-1763497550

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Now, more than $1 trillion into its development, the F-35 aircraft is experiencing glitches with its radar systems. US Air Force major general Jeffrey Harrigian explained the problem in an IHS Jane report: “What would happen is they’d get a signal that says either a radar degrade or a radar fail—something that would force us to restart the radar.”

So basically you have to reboot the radar every now and again. That seems like a pretty big problem on such an expensive plane! It could also hinder its performance against less intelligent, older aircrafts.

The radar bug (and its suggested fix) is startling, but not that unexpected. The Pentagon released a damning report last month listing the unbelievable amount of deficiencies found in the troubled fighter jet. The Pentagon report laid out dozens of problems facing the F-35 in all variants, many of which were caused by software failures.

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The bugs were found “in fusion, electronic warfare, and weapons employment result in ambiguous threat displays, limited ability to respond to threats, and a requirement for off-board sources to provide accurate coordinates for precision attack.” In short, the F-35 was rendered useless because of software bugs. And now the creators have yet another bug to fix.

Meanwhile, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is becoming the most expensive military blunders of all time. Flight performance remains still a major concern, and many of the computers that affect how the aircraft flies are regularly being updated. Unfortunately for anyone that wants to see this jet takeoff for combat, the plane has yet to be tested for resistance to hacking. So the problematic program is hardly out of the woods now.

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F-35戰機問題百出 美議員批悲劇

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【台灣醒報記者黃敬哲外電綜合報導】美國參議院軍事委員會主席麥凱恩在26日的參議院聽證會上公開批評，F-35的研發進度及性能相對於成本，簡直是醜聞與悲劇。這款美國第五代隱形聯合攻擊戰鬥機，自研發以來一直受到不斷上升的成本以及工期的延誤而為人所詬病。目前的預算已逼近四千億美元，是當初預計的兩倍。
聯合攻擊戰鬥機F-35計畫的目的是打造一款具有高度隱形功能、後勤低廉且適合多種作戰的戰鬥機可同時給各軍種使用。曾有美國智庫CSIS報告指出，台灣未來希望購買此種戰機。目前計畫採用的單位是美國空軍、美國海軍、海軍陸戰隊和其他十名盟國使用。
據《CNN》的報導，麥凱恩指出F-35戰鬥機計畫在2016年交付1013架，但如今卻只造出179架。若如此順延，整體計畫到2040年才會完成。面對中國及俄羅斯不斷追趕的軍備將緩不濟急。
F-35計畫執行人美國空軍中將克里斯托弗提出證詞表示，F-35計畫進度緩慢是事實，但他對F-35的性能仍然有很大的信心，目前所遇到的困難仍然是可以被克服的。克里斯托弗進一步表示，自2012年改制之後，計劃的總成本已經在持續下降，而工期延遲的狀況也還不是那麼糟糕。
美國審計辦公室官員蘇利文指出，2012年以來雖然F-35計畫在費用管理上有所改善，更從2014年的3910億美元下降到3790億美元。但是對國防部來講資金仍然緊迫，尤其是還有俄亥俄核潛艇與B-21戰略轟炸機等預算需要滿足。
而據美國審計辦公室另一份報告表示，為了修正戰機上 ALIS系統的技術缺陷，可能還需要再追加1000億美元的預算。

 

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The Taiwanese leaked intelligence said foreign test pilots alread been to China to test fly J-31 consideing to ditch F-35 and buy J-31 at tiny fraction of price, much much more values and performance for the money, and much less troubles. For the same budget 5~8 times fleet strength can be purchased each F-35 can buy so many 'J-31.

 

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There's a very highly eminent scenario, of President Trump the WW3 hot head, starting a war with major significant enemy, when US international political position, domestic ultra-stress from economic financial and debt deficit crisis. That he over-estimated the capabilities of this weapons and depending on that to survive. The huge bunch of expensive useless junk weapons will do only as much as provoking strongest enemies but unable to protect US against them.

The out-come be?.…

Hahahahahaha!