Joint Strike Fighter Tactics Development: Truly Joint?
Abstract
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is a 5th generation aircraft being delivered to Marine Corps front-line squadrons' beginning in 2012. The F-35 will bring new technologies and advanced capabilities to all of the services, requiring the United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to assess how they will develop tactics for this new aircraft. All three variants of the F-35 are very similar in capability, allowing for a joint approach to the development of tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP). Before any conclusions are made as to how a joint process might be constructed, careful study is required to understand how each service develops TTP for front-line fighter squadrons today. The F-35 operational test community will begin to develop base-line tactics as part of the official Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E). Once IOT&E-is completed, the services must decide if they wish to return to the old processes for follow-on TTP development, or pursue TTP development jointly. Last, if a joint approach is adopted, a manual must be published that includes these joint TTP.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 12, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA603253
Entities
People
- Steve E. Gillette
Organizations
- Marine Corps University