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Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) has signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) with Lockheed Martin to produce fiber placed components for low-rate initial production (LRIP) on the F-35 Lightning II.

the F-35 Lightning II program is meeting its schedule and budget targets, and is on track to begin deliveries to the armed services in 2010.

Northrop Grumman delivered the centre fuselage section for the first F-35 Lightning II short take-off, vertical landing (STOVL) variant static test aircraft, more than two & half months ahead of schedule.

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), is known to be one of the most potentially costly combat aircraft programs going today.

The first squadron of F-35 Lightning IIs isn't slated to go into operation until 2012, but the system that will serve as the information backbone of the F-35 maintenance and support network is now up and running.

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.

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.

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).

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).

The newest range mission control room built to test the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was officially commissioned at Edwards AFB April 11.

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.

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.

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.

Undersecretary for the Defense Industry Murat Bayar announces that Turkey will receive 100 F-35s starting from 2014.

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.