Hidden in this report:
http://aviationweek.com/defense/softwar ... ata-fusion(Of Corse linked by SPAZ in Another
thread) is a Little pass about the normal life of engineering: Fixes.
Even though the F-35 is designed in the state-of-the art computer systems with the sharpest engineers that the wild west can provide, there are still some things that needs to be fixed... Oooups moment or whatever you call it.
This is the normal thing for the development of any airplane, so it's no idea to cry Death spiral or crappy design or whatever... Too bad it is hidden in a report about something as boring as SW... (my opinion, nothing else)
A new light for the F-35’s refueling system—redesigned to reduce glare for KC-135 boom operators— is installed on the red extender arm bracing the refueling probe of this test aircraft (inset). F-35 AF-1 conducts asymmetric load testing, including the use of external weapons stores, during recent flights using newly installed 3F software.

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