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Congress Directs F-35 Program to Submit Performance Reports on C2D2

Congress Directs F-35 Program to Submit Performance Reports on C2D2
U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 495th Fighter Squadron, return to Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, after concluding a training exercise with NATO allies on Feb. 22 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The conference report on the fiscal 2022 omnibus spending bill directs the F-35 program to submit regular performance reports on the Continuous Capability Development and Delivery (C2D2) software updates for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter. The bill fully funds the nearly $2 billion fiscal year 2022 president's budget request for C2D2--about $566 million more than the amounts appropriated last year. "It is noted that per previous congressional direction, C2D2 efforts are delineated into no less than ten distinct projects to…

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