> because so much well-tested and hardened code had to be replaced.
Not just software, entire systems. They built their own datalinks instead of aiming for compatibility with existing datalinks or pushing those existing datalinks to a newer version that could meet their needs.
In principle, that should have been their first (flight test ready) version. Just get the planes talking to an existing datalink network even if they had some next gen datalink target. But this is also a classic DOD project management problem. They aim for the full system instead of staging out a series of iterative versions.
And LM, in their infinite wisdom, hired more developers when they were late and ran their development in shifts. Because everyone knows the best way to get a late project back on track is to hire more people...
Not just software, entire systems. They built their own datalinks instead of aiming for compatibility with existing datalinks or pushing those existing datalinks to a newer version that could meet their needs.
In principle, that should have been their first (flight test ready) version. Just get the planes talking to an existing datalink network even if they had some next gen datalink target. But this is also a classic DOD project management problem. They aim for the full system instead of staging out a series of iterative versions.
And LM, in their infinite wisdom, hired more developers when they were late and ran their development in shifts. Because everyone knows the best way to get a late project back on track is to hire more people...