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Four UK Companies Win F-35 Work
Jul 16, 2009 - 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). [Read more...]
F-35 Fatigue Test Airframe Arrives In The U.K.
Apr 28, 2009 - 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 [Read more...]
UK announces F-35 JSF purchase
Mar 19, 2009 - British Defense Secretary John Hutton announced on Wednesday that the United Kingdom will purchase three Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II operational test aircraft. [Read more...]
Mission Systems F-35 Rolls Out
Jan 24, 2009 - Lockheed Martin has completed the first F-35 Lightning II equipped with mission systems, a milestone that will lead to the first avionics testing on board an F-35 aircraft. [Read more...]
Weight optimized F-35 AF-1 Rolls Out
Dec 24, 2008 - FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 23 -Lockheed Martin rolled out the first weight-optimized conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant of the F-35 Lightning II fighter on Dec. 19. [Read more...]
Second ground-test F-35 Lightning II rolls out on schedule
Dec 21, 2008 - Lockheed Martin's second F-35 ground-test aircraft rolled out on Wednesday at the company's Fort Worth plant, where it will be fully instrumented before being shipped to the United Kingdom for testing. [Read more...]
First U.S. Navy F-35C center fuselage complete
Aug 20, 2008 - Northrop Grumman Corporation completed the center fuselage for the first U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II aircraft, an aircraft carrier-capable variant designated CF-1. This was performed on budget and on schedule. [Read more...]
F-35B completes STOVL propulsion ground test
May 29, 2008 - Lockheed Martin tested the shaft driven lift fan propulsion system on the F-35B Lightning II, performing short takeoffs and vertical landings (STOVL) for the first time during ground testing on Sunday, May 25. [Read more...]
F-35 STOVL engine powered up in preparation of first flight
Apr 27, 2008 - The British pilot who will be the first person to fly the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B started and ran the aircraft's engine for the first time on April 18, initiating the final series of ground tests before the jet's first flight. [Read more...]
Fuselage Assembly of First F-35A Production Jet Starts
Apr 06, 2008 - Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun assembling the center fuselage for the first production F-35 jet. [Read more...]
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