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Previously, these F-35s could only carry out \u201cinitial training capability\u201d using a partial version of the upgrades known as Technology Refresh 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government refused to accept delivery of the new TR-3 fighters from Lockheed starting in July 2023 due to software integration problems and some hardware shortfalls. Lockheed continued to build F-35s while hunting for a solution to the TR-3 problem and stored them at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/08\/29\/first-f-35-for-poland-rolls-out-of-lockheeds-fort-worth-plant\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Worth, Texas, facility<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed developed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/11\/21\/upgraded-f-35s-fly-with-partial-software-as-dod-hunts-for-delivery-fix\/\" target=\"_blank\">partial version of the TR-3 software<\/a> it referred to as \u201ctruncated,\u201d which would allow the jets to fly basic training missions \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/04\/23\/first-upgraded-f-35s-wont-be-ready-for-combat-until-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">but not in combat<\/a>. The government concluded the truncated software worked well enough to start accepting the jets and deliveries resumed in July 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TR-3 upgrades include better displays, computer memory and processing power, which are necessary for a more expansive upgrade known as Block 4. In addition to allowing the F-35 to carry more weapons, the Block 4 upgrades will allow the jets to better identify targets and conduct electronic warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top Air Force officials and Lockheed Martin last month promised further improvements to the F-35 will come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the new jets will likely not be able to fly into combat until 2025, and that will cost Lockheed in the meantime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JPO said Thursday that until TR-3\u2032s combat capability is qualified and delivered, the government is withholding about $5 million per jet in payments to Lockheed Martin. Those withholdings were negotiated as part of the government\u2019s agreement with Lockheed to accept and deliver F-35s with combat training capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newest F-35A fighters, which the U.S. Air Force flies, cost about $82.5 million. New F-35Bs \u2014 the short-takeoff and vertical landing variants flown by the U.S. Marine Corps \u2014 cost about $109 million, and the F-35Cs the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps use on aircraft carriers will cost about $102.1 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JPO and Lockheed also said the company and its industry partners \u201care making significant investments in development labs and digital infrastructure that benefit the F-35 enterprise\u2019s speed and agility in fielding capabilities to the most advanced and connected fighter jet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The yearlong delays in delivering an unspecified number of F-35s have caused ripple effects throughout the Air Force and the Joint Strike Fighter program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen. James Hecker, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, said in July the TR-3 delays had led to a \u201cslowdown\u201d in the number of F-35s arriving at RAF Lakenheath in England, the home of the service\u2019s two European-based F-35 squadrons. He said fewer than a dozen jets had been delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon\u2019t think that the TR-3 problems are over,\u201d Hecker said at the Royal International Air Tattoo air show at RAF Fairford in England. \u201cWe do have a working software in TR-3 that is definitely good enough for training. \u2026 But there\u2019s more to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newly delivered TR-3 jets would likely be sent to training bases, according to Hecker. 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