F/A-22's Software Stability 'No Longer An Issue,' USAF Says

Posted on: May. 3rd, 2004 || Source: aviationnow.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

U.S. Air Force officials are declaring victory in their battle to fix a major technical problem with the F/A-22 Raptor: avionics software instability.



"Software stability [is] no longer an issue," the Air Force said in a graphic displayed at an April 30 press briefing.



Air Force acquisition chief Marvin Sambur told reporters that the Lockheed Martin-built F/A-22 is achieving an average of 10.8 hours between avionics software problems, more than double the five-hour requirement that Congress said the program must meet before it could begin its initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E).

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