Lockheed Martin's F-16 power-by-wire technology demonstrator, the AFTI F-16 (#75750). [LMTAS photo]
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News: F-16 'Power-by-Wire' flight without back-up a success [2000-10-30]
Lockheed Martin's F-16 power-by-wire technology demonstrator made its maiden flight on 24 October, making it the first aircraft to fly with all-electric flight-control actuation and no mechanical backup.
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F-16 #75750
NASA dropped out of the AFTI testing program and the aircraft continued to be tested by the USAF. This includes testing for the "Power-by-Wire" technology and testing for the F-35 program under the Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Subsystem Technologies (J/IST) program.
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