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Re:The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unrepo... by wahern on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @09:26PM (#20171084)
Both the B-2 and F-22 have embedded antennas. JshWright's point seems to make sense: the complexity comes from system's integration and software, compounded by the aircraft having to be too many things to too many people.

Basically, software, of which there's a ton to say regarding F-35 development. All the features required and component integration required them to adopt an agile methodology, moving away from the Ada-style development processes and, arguably hacking things together until they kinda worked. The predictable result is a long-tail of bugs that may never be fully eradicated.

Re:The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unrepo... by supermanfan on Thursday June 13, 2019 @04:23AM (#20172750)
What's with the "embedded antennas" references?

Microstrips have been used in planes for decades.

Re:The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unrepo... by TeMPOraL on Thursday June 13, 2019 @06:56AM (#20173525)
I think the point is "embedded in stealth skin".