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Export JSF less 'stealthy'?
Apr 19, 2004 - There are conflicting reports that the export version of the F-35 JSF would have less low-observable (stealth) qualities than the ones to be delivered to the U.S. [Read more...]
Norway considers pulling out of the JSF program
Apr 15, 2004 - Norway considers to pull out of the JSF project. At issue is Norway's part of the work share, which is one of the most common misunderstandings about the JSF project. [Read more...]
JSF program cost to rise $45 Billion
Apr 06, 2004 - Yet another anouncement that the total cost of the Joint Strike Fighter Program will increase. This time it will surge $45 billion, or 22.6 percent, due to rising labor costs and program delays, the Pentagon said on Monday. [Read more...]
Will JSF of the future burn fuel based on coal?
Apr 01, 2004 - The JSF program has many unique technology ideas associated with it. One idea is looking at new fuels to power jet engines. [Read more...]
Close-air support variant of Joint Strike Fighter too heavy
Mar 26, 2004 - Early reports show that the Air Force's next generation close-air support aircraft has a weight problem. Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche told members of the Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on defense the issue was predictable. [Read more...]
Joint Strike Fighter under attack on Capitol Hill
Mar 24, 2004 - A senior Air Force official told lawmakers March 25 that the service would not be interested in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter if a technical glitch could not be overcome or if program funds were cut off. [Read more...]
Singapore signs on to JSF Program
Mar 16, 2004 - Singapore, which plans to upgrade its air force, signed an agreement to become the first Asian participant in Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, with an option to buy the planes starting in 2012. [Read more...]
Adacel to supply fighter software
Mar 15, 2004 - Melbourne-based Adacel Technologies will supply speech recognition software systems for the $US200bn global Joint Strike Fighter program. [Read more...]
Flights test electro-optical sensors for F-35 JSF
Mar 03, 2004 - The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter team successfully launched the first phase of the F-35 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EO DAS) early risk-reduction flight-test program, with recently conducted flights near Patuxent River Naval Air Warfare Center in Maryland. [Read more...]
HBM will provide data acquisition for F-35 structural test
Mar 02, 2004 - HBM, Inc., a leading global supplier of measurement technologies, products and solutions for industrial test and measurement applications, has been awarded an $8.7 million dollar contract to provide data acquisition hardware and software for structural tests on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. [Read more...]
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