Problemas de fatiga en el F-35/ Lockheed finds cracks in F-35B test aircraft

Lockheed Martin ha descubierto un posible importante problema en uno de los prototipos de prueba de un F-35 joint strike fighter, justo días después del anuncio de nuevos incrementos de costes y mas retrasos en el programa.
Se han encontrado daños estructurales en la estructura en un F-35B mientras se llevaba a cabo pruebas de fatiga.
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Lockheed Martin has discovered a potentially significant problem with one model of its F-35 joint strike fighter, the company reported Wednesday.
The news comes just days before an important Pentagon meeting on the program's continuing delays and rising costs.
Lockheed issued a statement saying its Fort Worth engineering staff had found cracks in the rear bulkhead -- a major structural part weighing about 300 pounds -- of an F-35B ground test plane undergoing fatigue testing.
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