The F-35 program fielded no new combat capability during fiscal year 2025 after software problems delayed operational testing across both Technology Refresh 2 and Technology Refresh 3 aircraft configurations, according to the Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test and Evaluation annual report.

The broader performance section of the report shows this was not a one-off slip but part of a longer pattern. DOT&E wrote that the F-35 program “continues to show no improvement in meeting schedule and performance timelines for developing and testing software,” and said the process of fixing deficiencies and adding new capabilities had stagnated. It added that the 30-series software family had been in a fly-fix-fly development cycle for nearly four years.

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