From ‘Mad Hatter’ To ‘Torque:’ Kessel Run Makes Software For F-22, CV-22

Breaking Defense: Jumping off lessons learned in the ‘Mad Hatter’ effort to help fix the F-35’s infamous ALIS system, the Air Force’s Kessel Run software ‘factory’ now is working to improve maintenance tools for the F-22 stealth jet and the CV-22 Special Operations tiltrotor.

“Kessel Run is not replacing ALIS, but providing applications to make maintainers’ lives easier, making schedule maintenance easier and scheduling flying all in one suite of tools,” Hannah Hunt, Kessel Run chief of staff, told me in an email. “The Mad Hatter Effort is now known as Torque, as we are working towards improving maintenance scheduling tools for other aircraft such as F-22 and CV-22.”

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