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That life-saving technology automatically pulls a jet up if the pilot is unresponsive and the jet senses it is diving into the ground. Officials began installing the capability in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/07\/21\/f-35-deliveries-resume-but-upgrade-delays-have-ripple-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\">TR-3\u2032s rollout was snarled by lingering software and hardware problems<\/a> that caused the government to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/06\/12\/pentagon-to-halt-upgraded-f-35-deliveries-in-july-amid-software-woes\/\" target=\"_blank\">refuse deliveries of dozens of new F-35s<\/a> for about a year. The delivery halt was lifted in July 2024, after Lockheed Martin developed an interim version of the TR-3 software that would allow pilots to fly training missions, and then combat training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the jets are still not able to fly in combat, and the government is withholding millions of dollars from Lockheed until the jets are certified to be combat capable. The F-35 Joint Program Office said earlier this year that it hopes the TR-3 jets will be combat capable by the end of 2025, but Lockheed\u2019s chief financial officer said in a January earnings call that it might slip to early 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It remains unclear whether F-35s will reach full combat capability this year. McIntosh said it will be up to the military services and international partners flying the jets to decide whether they are ready for combat. He did not directly answer when asked whether Lockheed will be able to deliver all the elements needed for a combat-ready designation by the end of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed expects to deliver between 170 and 190 F-35s this year, as it works through the backlog from the TR-3 delays. That would be up from the roughly 110 it delivered in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McIntosh told reporters Lockheed and the government expect to define the terms of the next F-35 contract, for Lot 18 of the jets, in the second quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although that contract has not yet been definitized, he said, the company is keeping the rising costs of the jet under inflation. 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