Reuters is reporting that the Initial Operational Capability (IOC) dates have been set for the F-35 for all services:
"[a]ctual deployments usually lag initial operational capability (IOC) dates by about a year."
That last quote is in case you hear the usual suspects trying to make the lag into something more than it is (i.e. the history of how these things have always occurred).
This is big news and good news. It also strongly alludes to software progress in the final blocks - the warfighter blocks.
Graff
Congress was told the following, according to the Pentagon:In case you're wondering, IOC is usually defined as "the point when the services have enough planes on hand to go to war if needed", and they're capable of combat. As the Reuters article mentions, "
- The Marine Corps F-35B will reach the IOC milestone by December 2015.
- The Air Force's F-35A will reach the IOC milestone by December 2016.
- The Navy's F-35C, attached to carrier air wings, will reach the IOC milestone by February 2019.
"[a]ctual deployments usually lag initial operational capability (IOC) dates by about a year."
That last quote is in case you hear the usual suspects trying to make the lag into something more than it is (i.e. the history of how these things have always occurred).
This is big news and good news. It also strongly alludes to software progress in the final blocks - the warfighter blocks.
Graff
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