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F-35 STOVL team completes successful gearbox test
May 07, 2007 - Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce successfully completed the first phase and initiated phase two of the F135 short-takeoff/vertical-landing engine LiftFan gearbox qualification test. [Read more...]
Edwards readies for Joint Strike Fighter testing
Apr 27, 2007 - All systems are moving toward "go" at Edwards AFB as officials prepare for upcoming tests on the next-generation strike fighter, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. [Read more...]
Elbit Systems develop HMDS for the F-35
Apr 26, 2007 - The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter currently in development will receive an important boost as Israel's Elbit Systems is developing the Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS). [Read more...]
First round of funding for F-35 JSF released
Apr 21, 2007 - The U.S. Defense Department said Thursday it would start buying Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production models, thus officially putting the $275 billion, multi-nation aircraft program into low-rate production (LRP). [Read more...]
New mission control room ready for F-35 flight tests
Apr 13, 2007 - The newest range mission control room built to test the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was officially commissioned at Edwards AFB April 11. [Read more...]
VSI's Helmet Mounted Display System flies on F-35
Apr 05, 2007 - Developed by Vision Systems International (VSI), the Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) was used by Lockheed Martin's chief test pilot Jon Beesley for the first time yesterday, on the 10th test flight of the F-35. [Read more...]
F-35 will bring 5th generation capability to Navy
Apr 03, 2007 - The United States Navy's first stealth fighter - the F-35 Lightning II - will bring tremendous improvements in combat capability, operational flexibility and overall force efficiency, a Lockheed Martin official and former Naval aviator said on Monday. [Read more...]
Two exceptional engines for F-35 Lightning II
Apr 02, 2007 - Chief Test Pilot Jon Beesley summoned the full might of the most powerful fighter engine in history as the F-35, aircraft AA-1, performed its first-ever afterburner takeoff on March 13th. [Read more...]
Turkey to build fuselages of F-35s
Mar 22, 2007 - Undersecretary for the Defense Industry Murat Bayar announces that Turkey will receive 100 F-35s starting from 2014. [Read more...]
F-35 JSF avionics test bed arrives at Edwards
Mar 08, 2007 - The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program's Cooperative Avionics Test Bed aircraft landed on March 1st to perform equipment fit checks and verify the operation of Edwards facilities built specifically for the CATB. [Read more...]
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