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Pratt & Whitney's F135 program completes 1,000th test hour
Sep 30, 2004 - Earlier this month the Pratt & Whitney led F135 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) team completed the program's 1,000 test hour. This testing milestone represents the cumulative hours of F135 SDD Testing and includes both the Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL/CV) engine tests, as well as the Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) system test runs. [Read more...]
New Active Noise Reduction Earplugs promise relief for JSF Maintainers
Sep 28, 2004 - The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is sponsoring the development of advanced hearing protection technologies designed to prevent noise-induced hearing loss for Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Joint Strike Fighter maintenance personnel. [Read more...]
F-35 weight issues resolved, focus is now on production
Sep 14, 2004 - Engineers have removed more than 2,700 pounds (1,225 kilograms) of unwanted estimated weight from the short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) version of the F-35 JointStrike Fighter, while increasing propulsion efficiency and reducing drag. [Read more...]
BAE Systems signs international agreements for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Sep 03, 2004 - BAE Systems North America recently signed Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) for work-share partnerships with Norway, The Netherlands, Italy, and Australia for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. [Read more...]
Pratt & Whitney resumes F135 STOVL testing for F-35 JSF
Sep 02, 2004 - The Pratt & Whitney (P&W) led F135 Propulsion System Team has delivered and begun testing on its second F135 Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) Propulsion System, engine number FX643. Later this month P&W also anticipates the resumption of testing on FX641, the 1st STOVL configured F135 Propulsion
System. [Read more...]
US considers Norwegian salmon for JSF Fighters
Aug 31, 2004 - Recent trade negotiation between Norway and the US touched upon the possibility that the US would lift toll on Norwegian Salmon as part of the JSF industrial work share if Norway were to continue its development participation and acquire the JSF when it replaces its F-16MLU. [Read more...]
F-35 JSF Electronic Warfare Suite 'ready to fly'
Aug 27, 2004 - BAE Systems celebrated early delivery of its low-cost, lightweight, Electronic Warfare (EW) suite to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., for development of the next-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a multi-role, supersonic, stealth aircraft. [Read more...]
New F35 strike fighters coming to Nellis Air Force Base
Aug 23, 2004 - About five years from now, Nellis Air Force Base will add a new strike fighter to its current fleet of fighters and bombers. [Read more...]
Norway to pay less for JSF development
Aug 18, 2004 - The Norwegian Government and Lockheed Martin have agreed to reduce Norway's contributions towards the development of the new Joint Strike Fighter by 50 percent over the next two years, according to a Norwegian newspaper. [Read more...]
New chapter in F-35 program with innovative management strategy
Aug 18, 2004 - The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter team is expanding leadership responsibility to focus on the program's two major elements: program-requirements integration and contract execution. [Read more...]
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