Cracks discovered on F-35B bulkheads

F-35B USS Wasp - Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) say that two structural cracks have been found during durability trials on a short take-off/vertical landing (STOVL) variant ground test article.

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