*UPDATE 'Dogs of the fleet* F-35 MX 80 percent false-positive rate and must be redesigned and upgraded

Via Inside Defense (subscription).

Key F-35 Maintenance And Logistics System Shows 80 Percent False-Positive Rate

The program manager for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter told lawmakers Tuesday that a key maintenance and logistics information system tasked with identifying problems with the aircraft is producing false-positives to the tune of 80 percent and must be redesigned and upgraded.

Update with full story from Flight Global. ALIS has significant problems as we know. Now the chickens are coming home to roost on the steps of Congress.

Read the full article. Some good quotes. ALIS has over-reached. Maybe an MX process like, oh say, the F-16A from 1978 will work...


*UPDATE 2*

LM says different: Note the timing of this Navy League 2015 effort.


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