http://www.cobham.com/mission-system...-kit-for-v-22/, 25 Oct 2016;
https://news.usni.org/2015/07/29/dav...e-1-year-delay, 29 Jul 2015.

Better late than never but operation of the F-35B will still be handicapped by reliance on AWACS flown from USN CATOBAR carriers. Without AAR and AWACS aircraft on the same amphibious warfare ship the utility of the F-35B (and similarly of the JSF program) is less than dubious.