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Appropriators Question F-35B's Weight Emelie Rutherford, March 2, 2012
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/nav ... 16933.html
Excerpts from: http://www.arrse.co.uk/current-affairs- ... one-5.html
"A Marine Corps official told concerned lawmakers yesterday the weight of the developmental Joint Strike Fighter F-35B jet fighter has dropped since tests showed it near its maximum poundage in recent month....
......House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) member Jim Moran (D-Va.) cited data from November showing the F-35B was only 230 pounds shy of its maximum intended weight of 32,557 pounds, saying: "We want to raise that as a warning flag."...
...Assistant Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford told Moran F-35B workers have worked to keep the aircraft's weight in check since the November assessment was conducted.
"You identified a point in time when there was an issue," the No. 2 Marine Corps official said. "We are actually better off than we were back in November."
Pressed by HAC-D Ranking Member Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) on what improvements have been made, Dunford said the F-35B engineering team has worked on an "engineering solution."
"And weight is an independent variable in every single one of the engineering solutions that's been identified," he said.
"Solutions that have been identified for those engineering challenges have been such that they have not penalized the aircraft with regard to weight," he added. ""I think the trends are absolutely in the right direction, and everyone that's involved with the program is sensitized to the issue of weight and how important that is.".... |
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