Forum: General F-35 Forum

"Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $489,528,000 advance acquisition contract to provide long lead-time parts, material and components required for the delivery of 35 low rate initial production Lot VII F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft (19 Conventional Takeoff and Landing [CTOL] aircraft for the U.S. Air Force; three CTOLs for the government of Italy; 2 CTOLs for the government of Turkey; six Short Take-Off Vertical Landing [STOVL] aircraft for the Marine Corps; one STOVL for the United Kingdom; and four carrier variant aircraft for the Navy). In addition, this contract provides long lead-time efforts required for the incorporation of a drag chute in CTOL air systems for the government of Norway."

http://www.defense.gov//contracts/contr ... actid=4813

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So Norway gets their missile integrated and their drag chute! Nice!

Courtesy of Wiki:

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Joint Strike Missile

A multi-role version of the NSM is in development. This missile is called Joint Strike Missile (JSM) and will feature an option for ground strike and a two-way communications line, so that the missile can communicate with the central control room or other missiles in the air. This missile will be integrated with the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II "Joint Strike Fighter". Studies have shown that the F-35 would be able to carry two of these in its internal bays, while additional missiles could be carried externally.

According to Kongsberg, this "multi-role NSM" is the only powered anti-ship missile that will fit inside the F-35's internal bays. Lockheed Martin and Kongsberg have signed a joint-marketing agreement for this air-launched version of the NSM, as well as an agreement committing both parties to integrating the JSM on the F-35 platform.The project is funded by Norway and Australia. Kongsberg signed a contract for the first phase of development of the JSM in April, 2009, which is scheduled for completion within 18 months.

Improved features for the Joint Strike Missile include:

Ability to attack sea and land based targets
Aerial launch platform (F-35)
Improved range over NSM to 240 km (145 Miles)
Long-term, production start in 2013
The JSM will have multicore computers running Integrity real-time operating system from Green Hills Software

Renderings:

Am I the only one who thinks that missile looks terribly lopsided in the first photo when compared to the second?

They changed the layout.

The original layout (the NSM) had a single inlet on the bottom.

The newer layout (the JSM) has two inlets, one on each side.

The nose section also rotates, so that is throwing off the perspective a bit.

Additional LRIP VII funding for 2 Norwegian F-35s:

"Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $20,103,000 advance acquisition contract to provide long lead-time parts, material and components required for the delivery of two Low Rate Initial Production Lot VII F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Takeoff and Landing aircraft for the government of Norway. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in June 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-12-C-0004)."

http://www.defense.gov//contracts/contr ... actid=4816

Forum: General F-35 Forum

F-35 LRIP VII advance procurement