The part is critical in allowing the aircraft to conduct short take-offs and vertical landings.
Research teams are experimenting with robot “dogs” — testing their ability to maneuver around Navy ships and take on mundane maintenance tasks.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Without key technical data from F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin, GAO said military maintainers can't fix some parts — or even learn how to fix them.
The crash occurred on government property east of the air station at 11:54 p.m. local time Thursday.
The deal is $5,000 more than what active commanding officers were offered the past three fiscal years under the Aviation Command Retention Bonus.
The boat is expected to return to operations in early 2026 following its Pacific Ocean grounding in the fall of 2021.
Capt. John W. Kurtz's name was removed from the aviation major command screening board list in late 2022.
GAO said some defense officials believe the true amount of lost spare parts may be even higher.
The ship was originally slated to conclude its maintenance in 2021.
Fair winds and following seas ET2 Kody Decker, ETSN Cameron Armstrong, MMFN Deonte Autry and FC2 Janelle Holder.
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