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BAE Systems begins production of first U.K. components for F-35B STOVL
Feb 02, 2006 - BAE Systems has begun production of the first U.K. components for the first F-35B Joint Strike Fighter. The F-35B is the Short TakeOff Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 family. [Read more...]
Nas Pax River facility to test F-35 jets for the Navy and Marine Corps
Jan 30, 2006 - The U.S. Navy has dedicated a $24 million facility at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., for testing of the Navy and Marine Corps' newest jets: the Lockheed Martin F-35B and F-35C Joint Strike Fighter. [Read more...]
Chief test pilot gives brief on F-35
Jan 12, 2006 - Joint Strike Fighter chief test pilot Jon Beesley gave a progress report on the development of the F-35 to the Naval Aviation Foundation Association of Naval Aviation Pax River Squadron Dec. 9, in the Cedar Point Officers' Club. [Read more...]
First F-35 CTOL weighed and moved for testing
Jan 08, 2006 - Another milestone was reached in the F-35 program when the first CTOL aircraft, AA-1, was hoisted into the air, weighed, and moved from one location in the factory to a new location approximately 100 yards away. [Read more...]
Australia considering reducing JSF order
Jan 06, 2006 - In what seems a never ending trend, another new military aircraft may see fewer numbers produced due to rising costs. While Australia has indicated that it would purchase 100 new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft to replace its F/A-18 and F-111 jets, higher prices may force the Australian government to reduce thier order by up to half. [Read more...]
First F-35 nears completion
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...]
Pratt & Whitney completes first flight test F135 engine
Dec 06, 2005 - Flight test engine #1 will be delivered to Lockheed Martin's plant in Ft. Worth later this month where it will be installed into the first flight test F-35 airframe. [Read more...]
Why Australia went with the F-35
Dec 04, 2005 - The Royal Australian Air Force's decision to go ahead with buying the F-35 might be surprising, but not when one looks at what the alternatives had been. The Australians had been considering ten options for the future of the RAAF. [Read more...]
BAE celebrates installation of F-35 JSF vertical tails
Dec 01, 2005 - BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company have completed the installation of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) vertical tails, representing a major milestone in the F-35 Program. [Read more...]
Pratt & Whitney logs 4,000 SDD test hours on F135 engine for F-35 JSF
Nov 30, 2005 - Pratt & Whitney F135 ground test engines have logged more than 4,000 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) ground test hours as the company nears completion of the engine that will power the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's (JSF) first flight next year [Read more...]
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