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Full-scale F-35 pole model begins mission systems testing
Nov 12, 2004 - Multi-phase Mission Systems aperture testing is under way on a full-scale model of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at the Air Force Research Laboratories' Newport, N.Y., test facility. [Read more...]
JSF Electro-Optical Targeting Technology on track
Nov 09, 2004 - Lockheed Martin is confident about the progress of the Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), with first flight targeted for March 2009. [Read more...]
Avionics integration for F-35 first flight shows early success
Oct 28, 2004 - Initial integration testing of the Communication, Navigation and Identification (CNI) suite for the first flight of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has begun at Lockheed Martin's Mission Systems Integration Lab (MSIL) in Fort Worth. [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...]
Pratt & Whitney's F135 program completes 1,000th test hour
Sep 30, 2004 - Earlier this month the Pratt & Whitney led F135 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) team completed the program's 1,000 test hour. This testing milestone represents the cumulative hours of F135 SDD Testing and includes both the Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL/CV) engine tests, as well as the Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) system test runs. [Read more...]
New Active Noise Reduction Earplugs promise relief for JSF Maintainers
Sep 28, 2004 - The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is sponsoring the development of advanced hearing protection technologies designed to prevent noise-induced hearing loss for Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Joint Strike Fighter maintenance personnel. [Read more...]
F-35 weight issues resolved, focus is now on production
Sep 14, 2004 - Engineers have removed more than 2,700 pounds (1,225 kilograms) of unwanted estimated weight from the short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) version of the F-35 JointStrike Fighter, while increasing propulsion efficiency and reducing drag. [Read more...]
BAE Systems signs international agreements for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Sep 03, 2004 - BAE Systems North America recently signed Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) for work-share partnerships with Norway, The Netherlands, Italy, and Australia for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. [Read more...]
Pratt & Whitney resumes F135 STOVL testing for F-35 JSF
Sep 02, 2004 - The Pratt & Whitney (P&W) led F135 Propulsion System Team has delivered and begun testing on its second F135 Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) Propulsion System, engine number FX643. Later this month P&W also anticipates the resumption of testing on FX641, the 1st STOVL configured F135 Propulsion
System. [Read more...]
New F35 strike fighters coming to Nellis Air Force Base
Aug 23, 2004 - About five years from now, Nellis Air Force Base will add a new strike fighter to its current fleet of fighters and bombers. [Read more...]
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