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Vought reaches milestone on F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production
Aug 18, 2004 - Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. has reached a key production milestone in support of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program with the delivery of the aircraft's lower wing skins. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin starts F-35 forward-fuselage assembly
Jul 12, 2004 - Workers at Lockheed Martin's mile-long factory in Fort Worth have begun assembling the forward fuselage for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. [Read more...]
JSF is gaining weight and price again.
Jun 30, 2004 - In June 2004 the price fot the JSF increased to 45.2 billion US dollar, in September 2003 the price allready increased to 42.6 billion US dollar. The price was originally estimated at approximately 35 billion USD. [Read more...]
European rivals pitch JSF 25mm munition research
Jun 30, 2004 - Two competing industry and defence research teams from Europe - one Dutch and Swiss; the other Norwegian - are proposing to develop an optimised 25mm ammunition for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. [Read more...]
Danish firm teams with Lockheed Martin for F-35 test pods
Jun 20, 2004 - Terma A/S of Lystrup, Denmark, and Lockheed Martin have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing a framework for cooperation in the design, development, integration, testing and production of test pods for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. [Read more...]
Northrop Grumman begins range-testing advanced radar for F-35 JSF
May 27, 2004 - Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun rooftop integration range-testing of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's fire control radar, which features an active electronically scanned array (AESA) that enables near-simultaneous performance of multiple radar functions. [Read more...]
F-35 production facilities near completion at Lockheed Martin
May 27, 2004 - An array of advanced and highly accurate manufacturing machines that will produce major subassemblies for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are in the final stages of assembly and testing on the factory floor at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas. [Read more...]
Aerospace giants begin work on F-35 JSF
May 21, 2004 - Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin celebrated on Tuesday the start of assembly of the first center fuselage for the F-35 joint strike fighter. [Read more...]
Lockheed drafts Siebel for F-35 Fighter Program
May 18, 2004 - Lockheed Martin plans to use commercial software from Siebel Systems Inc. to support the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Siebel's Service and Analytics solutions will be integrated into the F-35's Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS). [Read more...]
UK government concerned about F-35 jet weight gain
May 17, 2004 - Britain is concerned about excessive weight on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter foiling its costly plans to deploy the U.S. jet on its aircraft carriers. [Read more...]
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