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Israel has been a strong ally to the USA in the middle east as well as a top customer for their fighter aircraft. While Israel currently fields F-15 Eagles and F-16 Vipers in defense of their nation, the future may not hold the promise of F-35 emblazoned with the Star of David.

L-3 Communications Display Systems has chosen the LynxOS-178 real-time operating system (RTOS) to power a portion of the panoramic cockpit display (PCD) subsystem for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft.

Wild speculation still surrounds the official name to be given to the world's newest stealth fighter jet, but not for long. While the options are still closely guarded secrets, the F-35 should have it's official name by the end of June 2006.

The US aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin has selected Stork Aerospace for the preproduction of the 'flaperons' for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The Dutch government sees at present no reason to reconsider its preference for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as the successor to the F-16.

The Norwegian government continues the Norwegian participation in the JFS project. The decision comes after an improved offer from Lockheed martin on industrial participation.

Ground-vibration testing for the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter finished early on April 30, continuing a string of testing milestones completed ahead of schedule.

Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, was recently awarded a contract worth $901 million to begin work on the first five production aircraft.

Pratt & Whitney has been awarded the first production contract for F135 engines to power the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The contract, valued at $23 million, is for long lead-time hardware for six engines supporting the first five production F-35 aircraft covering Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP).

Pratt & Whitney's F135 engine program has achieved more than 5,000 hours of System Development and Demonstration (SDD) ground testing and is on schedule to support the first flight of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) this fall.

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter team successfully completed structural-coupling testing five days ahead of schedule on the first F-35, and moved on to the next scheduled series of ground tests. The F-35's first flight is planned for this fall.

The U.S. Department of Defense announced that it has approved the first step towards Low Rate Initial Production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

According to published sources, British Defense Secretary John Reid has indicated that Great Britain and the United States should be to work out an agreement on the transfer of certain classified information about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

While the F-16 and F-4 have become legends in air combat over the years, every aircraft will eventually have to be replaced. Turkey is facing the tough decision of which aircraft to purchase to follow in the footsteps of the Viper and the Rhino.

A recent series of successful F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aerodynamic tests in Arnold Engineering Development Center's 16-foot transonic wind tunnel (16T) demonstrated the center's ability to adapt propulsion test technologies for use in wind tunnel tests.