“I do believe that the USAF learned a lot about computer architecture during development of the F-35.”
After the debacle of the first flight of F-22s heading west had to turn back at the date line, using their tanker as guide dog.....I would hope to hell the software weenies learned a few things.
“...After the debacle of the first flight of F-22s heading west had to turn back at the date line, using their tanker as guide dog.....I would hope to hell the software weenies learned a few things.” [doorgunner69, post 66]
The F-22 navigation systems flopped big time. their present-location readouts reset to zero latitude and zero longitude when they hit 180 degrees west longitude (which is also 180 degrees east longitude): the systems suddenly thought they were at a point over the Gulf of Guinea, due south of Ghana and due west of Gabon.
Good thing the air refuelers were there, minding them.
These errors have hit fighter nav systems at other times. Prompted concerns that nav systems in larger aircraft (bombers, transports, etc) might malfunction in similar ways.
After serving many years in operational test organizations, I’d never bet money that software developers can learn enough to stay out of trouble.