Prime Contractor: o ee
artin Aeronauti s an
ratt an
itney ilitary Engines Division
Executive Summary:
e F 35 is a t ree variant
amily o multi role ig ter air ra t
e F 35 is an
A A D program in t e System Development an
Demonstration SDD p ase it on urrent R
e
program a ieve
S re erti i ation in ar 2012
n 2014 DASD SE parti ipate in su system te ni al
revie s ris revie oar s an ro u tion Rea iness
Revie s RR assesse so t are evelopment an
reporte t e results to ongress an on u te an
assessment o manu a turing ris to in orm t e
ilestone De ision Aut ority regar ing rea iness or in rease pro u tion rates
e F 35 program
ontinues to ma e progress ut many allenges remain
Mission and System Description:
e F 35 program plans to evelop an iel an a or a le
ommon amily o ne t generation multi role stri e air ra t or t e S Air For e avy arine
orps an allies
e t ree variants are t e Air For e onventional a eo an an ing
t e avy arrier ariant
an t e arine orps S ort a eo an erti al an ing S
Systems Engineering Activities
Systems Engineering Plan (SEP) DASD SE approve t e SE in De em er 2009 An up ate
in ovem er 2010 in lu e improvements in ris management
e program is ul illing t e
o e tives o t e SE
it out aivers or eviations o ever t e SE la s a es ription o
urrent te ni al pro esses s e ule an organi ation SD A
e pe ts t e program to
su mit SE up ates to support Follo on Development an SDD S
Requirements
e R
approve t e S
perational Re uirements Do ument RD in
April 2000 an t e oint rogram
i e
in orporate t e re uirements in t e oint Stri e
Fig ter ontra t Spe i i ation
S During a 2013 revie t e program rea irme t e S
ontaine all RD re uirements rogram level re uirements are sta le
Life Cycle Management
e program as implemente multiple a or a ility initiatives
investing an a itional 160 million to omplete SDD n 2014 t e program entere into a ost
s aring agreement it in ustry to reemp asi e s are osts
e program esta lis e a ost ar
room in t e
to re u e perations an Support osts an to i enti y potential s oul ost
savings
Program Protection Plan (PPP)
SD A
approve t e
in De em er 2010
e
program is e e uting t e pro esses o umente in t e approve
e program is or ing to
a ress supply ain ris s an vulnera ilities or an up ate
e pe te in 1st uarter FY 2015
Assessments
DASD(SE) Assessments A SD A
ire te revie o t e program s manu a turing
progress reveale a epta le ris to allo an in rease ramp rate in FY 2015 DASD SE
parti ipate in su system te ni al revie s in lu ing several RRs DASD SE also le a
ongressionally ire te 6 mont eep ive into F 35 so t are evelopment
i
on irme
Data as of 4th quarter FY 2014.
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D D F 35
Conclusion:
e F 35 program is ma ing stea y progress ut many allenges remain So t are
evelopment ontinues to e a top allenge an is a ma or program o us area
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