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Pentagon replacing ALIS with ODIN

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The Pentagon will go ahead with replacing the buggy Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) for the F-35 with the new Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN) from Lockheed Martin.

Senior Airman Nikolas Kinder, 61st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron assistant dedicated crew chief, performs preflight inspections on an F-35A Lightning II jet on the flightline at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Aug. 22, 2014. Preflight inspections are conducted late in the evening to early in the morning to ensure the jet is ready for flight during the day. There are three shifts to include; day-shift, swing-shift, and mid-shift, who perform specific responsibilities which lead to overall mission success.

Photo by Staff Sgt. LAUSANNE KINDER
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Telephonics says it was MOSAIC AESA that won 1st prize in MUX AEW payload competition

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The U.S. Navy’s Marine Air/Ground Task Force, Unmanned Aerial System, Expeditionary (MUX) Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Payload prize was won by Telephonics and the company announced on Jan. 14 that it had pitched its MOSAIC Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) based radar for the competition.


Photo: Telephonics
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The F-35 now has multi-ship Infrared Search and Track capability

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In a press release by Edwards Air Force Base, which covers the achievements made by the F-35 Integrated Test Force in 2019, it was disclosed that the test team had tested the multi-ship Infrared Search and Track capability.

JOTT, F-35 Five Ship behind tanker, 1 F-35C, 2 F-35B, & 2 F-35A, Edwards AFB, Ca., 20 September 2019

Photo: Darin Russell, Lockheed Martin

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