F-35s are being delivered to the US military with nose ballast instead of radars due to AN/APG-85 delays. The "blind" jets must rely on data links from wingmen until the new sensor is ready in 2028.
No reason fot the “supply problem” identified in the article.
They just need another 10 Billion or so, nothing big
10 billion per f30 when Lockheed decides they need to disassemble half the thing to install radar