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Reshuffles In The JSF Office
Posted by Bill Sweetman@AW&ST

1/3/2012 8:26 AM CST

A rare glimpse inside the Joint Strike Fighter program comes from an August 2011 presentation by director of engineering Doug Ebersole -- one of the new leaders brought into the program by VAdm Dave Venlet. (Hat tip to Eric Palmer for finding it.)

The presentation should be encouraging to JSF supporters, because it shows at least that the new team is trying to put things right and -- at least to some degree -- is recognizing the causes of the program's challenges.

There's some interesting wording on page 16. Ebersole's (DoE=director of engineering) challenge is to:

Transition engineering community of practice from one that “reviews and reports” to one that “engages and influences”. "FROM WATCHERS TO GUIDERS".

Part of that process is to "stand up FTW (Fort Worth) JPO engineering presence" Shocked

. (Ebersole does not say "expand" or "augment" -- he uses a term that implies that there was minimal presence until now.) Between February and June 2011, Venlet's new team completed an audit of "faces and places" that "resulted in (a) need to re-align workforce competencies and re-assign personnel", a process that will continue through 2012. Question

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Alternative Download for the .PPTX version of the brief (original?):

Day_2_Panel_4_Ebersole.pptx (2.7Mb)

http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&r ... oZxn_9CTxw

Attached is a 1.2Mb PDF made from the .PPTX above.

This is really interesting because didn't the F-35 reach its top speed and maxium G-loading already? I think the boys and girls at Edwards Airforce Base are already head of this replan. But I guess they might as well keep the replan on the conservative side.

I think those numbers are what will be cleared for normal flight operations (eg with whatever weapons & systems are active).

Anyone have word on a fix for the blistering on the horizontal stabs experienced during extended burns? Maybe they could make them from ceramic. Beer