On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:51:23 -0800, Henry J Cobb wrote
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Nope, lots of development effort is needed to fix the software.

http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswi...tr1302919.html
But several software headaches remain "as well as numerous deficiencies
in functionality that will potentially affect mission performance,"
Christie wrote at the time.


LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.'s $71 billion F/A-22 fighter jet program
has failed to meet important reliability goals and could face
new price hikes and schedule slips, congressional auditors said
in a big weapons review late Wednesday. The Air Force has not
demonstrated the aircraft "can achieve its reliability goal of
three hours' mean time between maintenance," said the General
Accounting Office, Congress' investigative arm. The Air Force
does not expect to achieve this goal until 2008, by which time
most of the aircraft will have been bought, GAO said. In its
report, the auditors assessed 51 defense programs ranging from
the Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser to the Air Force's
Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft.
(Reuters 06:16 PM ET 03/31/2004)

Mo
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