{"id":61438,"date":"2015-01-07T21:49:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T21:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2015\/01\/07\/f-35-program-office-gun-remains-on-schedule\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:32:28","slug":"f-35-program-office-gun-remains-on-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/07\/f-35-program-office-gun-remains-on-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"F-35 Program Office: Gun Remains On Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The gun on the F-35 joint strike fighter remains on schedule to go operational in 2017, the Pentagon said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Daily Beast reported on Dec. 31 that the gun would not be able to be used until 2019, but in a statement F-35 Joint Program Office spokesman Joe DellaVedova described that story as a &#8220;misreporting&#8221; of the facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gun in question is a 25mm system known as the GAU-22, developed by General Dynamics. It is internal on the F-35A model and carried in an external pod of the F-35B and F-35C designs. GAU-22 testing for all three models is scheduled to start this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2005, DellaVedova said, the GAU-22 was planned to go <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">on going <\/span>operational with the block 3F software. 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