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TimorousBestielast Sunday at 10:30 PM1 replyview on HN

The research and development effort went way over budget, the first couple rounds of production were fraught with difficulty, and the platform itself has design issues from being a “one-size-fits-all” compromise (despite also having variants for each service).

I haven’t heard anything particularly bad about the software effort, other than the difficulties they had making the VR/AR helmet work (the component never made it to production afaik).


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themafialast Sunday at 10:40 PM

They oxygen delivery system fails and has left pilots hypoxic.

https://www.nwfdailynews.com/story/news/local/2021/08/02/f-3...

The electrical system performs poorly under short circuit conditions.

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/10/marine-corps-reveals-wha...

They haven't even finished delivering and now have to overhaul the entire fleet due to overheating.

https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-f-35-fighters-2-big-...

This program was a complete and total boondoggle. It was entirely the wrong thing to build in peace time. It was a moonshoot for no reason other than to mollify bored generals and greedy congresspeople.