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BAE systems has awarded Hyde Aero Products in Dukinfield, RLC Group from Altham in Lancashire, John Huddleston Engineering from Blackpool and Thyssenkrupp in Preston, contracts to work on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

Will the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) be “Lethal, Survivable, Supportable, and Affordable” like what it says on the patch? Many say “yes” and some aren’t so sure.

Will a successful development of the F-35B short take-off and landing (STOVL) Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) variant force small aircraft carriers on the U.S. Navy? This is a fair question with a debtor U.S. federal budget in turmoil from the global economic meltdown.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it successfully demonstrated key electronic protection capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II's AN/APG-81 radar during the recent Northern Edge 2009 (NE09) joint military exercise.

Australian Defence has released their Defence Capability Plan today. In it is confirmation that the F-35 is written into the acquisition roadmap for major weapons purchases.

The White House threatened yesterday that it might veto the 2010 defence bill to fund the F-35 alternative engine program.

A detailed, full-scale representation of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter rolled out of the Fort Worth factory today, with production-representative Very Low Observable airframe structure and coatings.

The House Armed Services Air and Land Forces Sub-committee has delivered a blow to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) business plan.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the initial flight-ready integrated communications, navigation and identification (CNI) system for the F-35 joint strike fighter program.

The US Department of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.1 billion contract modification to produce 17 F-35 Lightning II fighters in the third lot of low-rate initial production (LRIP).

Honeywell International Inc. rolled out its first power thermal management unit destined for the F-35 on Wednesday from its Phoenix facility.

Kongsberg Gruppen (KONGSBERG) has signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Procurement Division for the first phase in the development of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM).

Northrop Grumman Corporations reached a major milestone in the development and production of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter by delivering the center fuselage for the first production F-35 aircraft.

Lockheed Martin, signed agreement on Tuesday with Turkey's aviation companies on F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft program's production, sustainment and follow-on development.

After a three-week ocean voyage, a static-test version of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, has arrived in the United Kingdom