https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-05/lockheed-f-35-s-factory-flaws-persist-even-after-800-are-built
Lockheed Martin Corp. has delivered more than 800 F-35 fighter jets, but production is still marred by excessive defects and rework that risk substantial delivery delays and reduced readiness, according to the Pentagon’s Defense Contract Management Agency.
Lockheed, the Defense Department’s top contractor, has improved in many regards from the F-35’s first production lot through the current 14th batch, but “too many quality assurance defects” aren’t found at the initial assembly station only to be discovered either before or after formal acceptance of the warplanes, the agency said in a statement.
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It being a failure is a lie by
reformers and people who don't know anything about it but heard on le reddit it was bad. Oh jeez, brand new jet full of brand new systems has teething problems just like everything else. It's not even THAT much more expensive than other jets. If it was really so terrible, how are we exporting so many of them?
Lockheed should get their build quality up though, that part is true
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