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F-35 begins flying Block 1 software
BF-04 lifts off on its 24th flight on November 6th, 2010. Pilot was Lt.Col. Matt Taylor. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]
Nov 15, 2010 - The fundamental building block for all future avionics software on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has entered flight testing on an F-35 test jet. [Read more...]
F-35I for Israel
AF-01 and AF-02 F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters are photographed as they head to Edwards AFB in these publicity shots taken on May 17th, 2010. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Reynolds]
Oct 07, 2010 - Following the Israeli Government decision to select the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as the Israel Air Force's next-generation fighter aircraft, Israeli Ministry of Defense Director General (Maj. Gen. Ret.) Udi Shani signed the Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the procurement of the F-35 aircraft in New York. [Read more...]
Canada selects F-35 For Next-Generation fighter
AF-01 and AF-02 F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters are photographed as they head to Edwards AFB in these publicity shots taken on May 17th, 2010. [Lockheed Martin photo by David Drais]
Jul 16, 2010 - The Government of Canada announced plans to acquire the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as the country's next-generation fighter aircraft. The F-35 will replace Canada's fleet of CF-18 Hornets that entered service in the early 1980s. [Read more...]
F-35 Ground-Test article completes testing 5 Months ahead of schedule
A Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II undergoes static testing at BAE Systems' Structural & Dynamic Test Laboratory in Brough, England. The testing was completed five months ahead of schedule and validated that the jet's airframe can withstand aerodynamic forces 50 percent beyond design limits. [Lockheed Martin photo]
Jun 09, 2010 - The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program successfully completed F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) full-scale static testing – with zero structural failures – five months ahead of schedule and in less than half the time of legacy programs. [Read more...]
Navy F-35 achieves first flight
CF-1's first flight, Sunday June 6. Pilot for the 57 minute flight was Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Jeff Knowles. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Harvey] CF-1 takes off on its first flight on June 6, 2010. Pilot for the 57 minute flight was Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Jeff Knowles. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Harvey]
Jun 06, 2010 - The most advanced aircraft in the history of the United States Navy made its inaugural flight yesterday, assuring a future of long-range, first-day-of-the-war stealth striking capability from the Navy's big-deck carriers. [Read more...]
Edwards receives first two F-35A's
AF-1 (rear) and AF-2 complete a test flight on May 11th, 2010 from the Lockheed plant in Fort Worth, Texas, in preparation for the nonstop flight on May 17th to Edwards AFB to begin extended flight test operations. Air Force test pilot Lt. Col. Hank Griffiths and Lockheed Martin chief test pilot Jon Beesley flew the jets nonstop in the first multi-ship, long-range F-35 flight. [Lockheed Martin photo by David Drais]
May 20, 2010 - Two F-35A Lightning II stealth Joint Strike Fighters left their final-assembly site in Fort Worth, Texas and flew nonstop to Edwards Air Force Base, May 17. [Read more...]
First mission systems F-35 flies
F-35 BF-4 - the first avionics-equipped F-35 jet - and the sixth flying lifts off on its first flight on Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 at Fort Worth, Texas. [Lockheed Martin photo]
Apr 07, 2010 - The first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter flew for the first time today, ushering in what will be the most powerful and comprehensive sensor package ever to fly in a fighter. [Read more...]
F-35 radar makes showing at electronic attack exercise
Jul 03, 2009 - Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it successfully demonstrated key electronic protection capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II's AN/APG-81 radar during the recent Northern Edge 2009 (NE09) joint military exercise. [Read more...]
F-35 radar-signature test aircraft rolls out of Fort Worth
The F-35 Highly Accurate Low Observable (HALO) pole model rolled out of Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth factory on June 15th. The full-scale model will be a key component in validating the F-35's Very Low Observable stealth performance. [USAF photo]
Jun 15, 2009 - A detailed, full-scale representation of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter rolled out of the Fort Worth factory today, with production-representative Very Low Observable airframe structure and coatings. [Read more...]
Northrop Grumman delivers flight-ready integrated CNI System
Jun 09, 2009 - Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the initial flight-ready integrated communications, navigation and identification (CNI) system for the F-35 joint strike fighter program. [Read more...]
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