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Mixed Up Structural Fasteners in Most F-35s
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Interesting read, doesn't really matter how expensive, complex, or cutting edge the build, or how many QA schemes you operate, people will be people:
"Hundreds of F-35s could have the wrong fasteners in “critical areas,” according to the Defense Contract Management Agency. But F-35 builder Lockheed Martin says the problem may not need to be fixed.
“All aircraft produced prior to discovery of this [problem] have titanium fasteners incorrectly installed in locations where the design calls for Inconel,” the F-35 Joint Program Office said in an email in response to a query from Air Force Magazine. “Because of this, the engineering safety analysis of the issue has assumed that each critical F-35 joint was assembled with the incorrect fasteners.”
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31st Jan 2020 1:55pm
