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Pentagon plans to end competing engine development program for the JSF
The General Electric - Rolls-Royce F136 engine [USAF photo]
Jan 05, 2006 - The Pentagon, seeking to curb expenses in the $256 billion Joint Strike Fighter program, plans to make Pratt & Whitney the sole supplier of engines for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet by ending a competing engine development program. [Read more...]
First F-35 nears completion
The first part for the first F-35 JSF aircraft was cut on 10 November 2003. Since then, thousands of parts have been coming together as the team works to complete the first F-35. [USAF Photo]
Dec 20, 2005 - With the installation of horizontal tails on the first F-35, the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) team has completed assembly of the aircraft's major structural components. The next milestone in the aircraft's march to first flight is engine installation, planned for early 2006. [Read more...]
F-35 JSF looking toward production, operational capability
Sep 14, 2005 - As the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter moves toward its inaugural flight next year, the program continues to meet milestones on schedule and is planning for initial production and operational capability for the armed services. [Read more...]
More JSF engine parts to be made in the Netherlands
Jul 08, 2005 - Rolls-Royce today awarded contracts to DutchAero, the AVIO and Philips joint venture company based in Eindhoven, for the manufacture of components for the F136 engine which is being developed in partnership with General Electric to power the Joint Strike Fighter. [Read more...]
Pentagon gives green light for tri-service F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program
The X-35C, which underwent flight testing in 2000 and 2001, is now exhibited at Patuxent River Naval Air Museum in Maryland. The X-35C conducted much of its carrier-suitability testing at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. [LMTAS photo]
Nov 09, 2004 - The Pentagon has cleared the next stage in the development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a procurement project valued at more than $240 billion, the biggest ever, the Defense Department said last week. [Read more...]
Pratt & Whitney Canada to provide rotor for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter engines
Oct 13, 2004 - Pratt & Whitney Canada has won a major contract to build a component for the engine under development by its U.S. parent company to power the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. [Read more...]
Test pilot School receives scale model of milstone Navy X-plane
Dec 19, 2002 - As Patuxent River Naval Air Station awaits the arrival of the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter later in the decade, a replica of the supersonic jet's forerunner has arrived at the historic base. [Read more...]
Turkey joins F-35 JSF development effort
Jul 11, 2002 - Turkey today (July 11) became the seventh international partner to sign up for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, joining the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, Denmark and Norway. Australia also has announced its intention to participate. [Read more...]
Denmark signs up for JSF program
Lockheed Martin's JSF concept demonstrator aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, the X-35A, is nearing completion at the company's Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, Calif. [LMTAS photo]
May 28, 2002 - Denmark today officially became the third international participant in the Joint Strike Fighter program, joining the United Kingdom and Canada in the stealthy aircraft's decade-long development phase. [Read more...]
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