F-35 Squadrons

F-35 Squadrons falls under the Air Force's Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) budget activity and aims to develop and field an affordable, highly common family of next-generation strike aircraft for the United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and international partner countries. The program supports USAF-unique ongoing User Information Data Exchange Service (UIDES), SEEK EAGLE, Quick Reaction Instrumentation Package (QRIP), Joint Simulation Environment/Virtual Test and Training Center (JSE/VTTC), Hybrid Product Support Integrator (HPSI), and Dual Capable Aircraft (DCA) requirements. These efforts include developing systems for data transfer, aircraft/store compatibility testing and evaluation, high-capacity data recording needs, and integrating support across the supply chain, maintenance, sustainment engineering, logistics information technology, and training disciplines.

The specific objectives of this program include supporting the development of a system that allows for Information Exchange Requirement (IER) data transfer within existing Air Force enterprise systems. Additionally, the program aims to deliver warfighting capability through aircraft/store compatibility testing and evaluation while providing accurate combat weapon delivery and mission planning software. It also seeks to reduce the need for deliberate regression flight testing by capturing crowd-sourced flight data from operational aircraft using the QRIP system. Furthermore, the program aims to connect 5th Generation/4th Generation fighter simulators in a classified virtual battlespace at the Joint Simulation Environment/Virtual Test and Training Center (JSE/VTTC) to provide advanced tactics and training. Lastly, it aims to integrate support across the supply chain, maintenance, sustainment engineering, logistics information technology, and training disciplines through the Hybrid Product Support Integrator (HPSI).