F-35 logistics system to be reinvented and renamed, official says

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 9:17 AM UTC

exikyut wrote: post #9

yborg wrote: post #6

The functioning or non-functioning of the logistics system for the F-35 is largely irrelevant, as just demonstrated Lockheed is paid whether it works or not; and non-functioning is much safer for the program, as non-flying F-35s are safe from combat and accidents. In fact, low availability just provides an excuse for the Air Force to demand additional budget for aircraft. This isn't so much a combat system as a corpo…

Well said. But now I wonder: if this is just so much smoke, mirrors and rose-tinted narratives of potentiality... when will the bubble pop? And what might cause that? And what might the pop (or maybe explosion) look like? My curiosity is mostly just idle/morbid musing - this seems much like watching a moth encounter a candle.

Post by ppf » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 9:22 AM UTC

exikyut wrote: post #9

yborg wrote: post #6

The functioning or non-functioning of the logistics system for the F-35 is largely irrelevant, as just demonstrated Lockheed is paid whether it works or not; and non-functioning is much safer for the program, as non-flying F-35s are safe from combat and accidents. In fact, low availability just provides an excuse for the Air Force to demand additional budget for aircraft. This isn't so much a combat system as a corpo…

Well said. But now I wonder: if this is just so much smoke, mirrors and rose-tinted narratives of potentiality... when will the bubble pop? And what might cause that? And what might the pop (or maybe explosion) look like? My curiosity is mostly just idle/morbid musing - this seems much like watching a moth encounter a candle.

Post by jacobush » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 9:35 AM UTC

exikyut wrote: post #9

yborg wrote: post #6

The functioning or non-functioning of the logistics system for the F-35 is largely irrelevant, as just demonstrated Lockheed is paid whether it works or not; and non-functioning is much safer for the program, as non-flying F-35s are safe from combat and accidents. In fact, low availability just provides an excuse for the Air Force to demand additional budget for aircraft. This isn't so much a combat system as a corpo…

Well said. But now I wonder: if this is just so much smoke, mirrors and rose-tinted narratives of potentiality... when will the bubble pop? And what might cause that? And what might the pop (or maybe explosion) look like? My curiosity is mostly just idle/morbid musing - this seems much like watching a moth encounter a candle.

Post by jmnicolas » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 9:45 AM UTC

jon-wood wrote: post #10

chinathrow wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait till you learn that some F-16s run with Kubernetes on board. https://thenewstack.io/how-the-u-s-air-force-deployed-kubern... "“One point for the team was to demonstrate that it could be done,” Chaillan said. He challenged the Air Force and its partners to get Kubernetes up and running on a jet in 45 days, and while that was as difficult as it sounds, the team met the goal and F-16s are now running three concurre…

I’m having enough trouble seeing why you’d want one Kube cluster on an F-16, never mind three.

Post by stefan_ » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 9:50 AM UTC

jon-wood wrote: post #10

chinathrow wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait till you learn that some F-16s run with Kubernetes on board. https://thenewstack.io/how-the-u-s-air-force-deployed-kubern... "“One point for the team was to demonstrate that it could be done,” Chaillan said. He challenged the Air Force and its partners to get Kubernetes up and running on a jet in 45 days, and while that was as difficult as it sounds, the team met the goal and F-16s are now running three concurre…

I’m having enough trouble seeing why you’d want one Kube cluster on an F-16, never mind three.