Despite engineering a fix for green glow, a problem that obscures the vision of F-35C pilots during night operations, the U.S. Navy did not use its newly developed pilot helmet during its first, and possibly only, operational test at sea.

Aviation Week was invited to observe the first time the U.S. Navy F-35C conducted operational testing on an aircraft carrier.

U.S. defense acquisition reform redux,includes a surge of interest in other transaction agreements (OTA) and concern that they can lead to big problems later.