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Largest F-35 Fleet Resides at Eglin Air Force Base
FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 19, 2012 – Piloted by U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Joseph Bachmann, BF-7 departs Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base at 2:07 p.m. CST on its 90 minute ferry flight to Eglin Air Force Base,… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin F-35 Program Exceeds 2011 Flight Test Goals
FORT WORTH, January 12th, 2012 — The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 System Development and Demonstration 2011 flight test program resulted in the completion of more test flights and test points than in any year.
The 2011 flight test plan… Continue reading
Japan choose F-35 as next-generation fighter jet
TOKYO – The Japanese government made a formal decision on Tuesday to choose the F-35 stealth jet, which is being developed by the United States and eight other countries, as the country’s next-generation fighter jets
The Security Council of Japan,… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly Of The First International F-35 For The United Kingdom
The first international Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II rolled out of the factory Sunday evening. The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence will use the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet, known as BK-1, for training and operational tests.
BK-1 will undergo… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Delivers First F-35 Weapons Load Training System to Eglin Air Force Base
Lockheed Martin delivered and installed the first weapons load training device at the F-35 integrated pilot-and-maintenance training center (ITC) at Eglin Air Force Base’s 33rd Fighter Wing.
Configured in all three variants of the F-35 Lightning II, the system allows… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Selects BAE Systems to Supply F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Helmet Display Solution
LONDON, United Kingdom – BAE Systems has been selected by Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), to supply a Night Vision Goggle Helmet Mounted Display (NVG HMD) system for the F-35 during the next phase of… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin F-35 Flight Test Progress Report
FORT WORTH, Texas, September 20th, 2011 — Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] F-35 flight test program moves closer to reaching year-end milestones since the last update issued July 26. Since then, the F-35 Lightning II 5TH Generation multirole fighter conducted 124… Continue reading
F-35 Program Completes Static Structural Testing
Achieves Major Milestone for 2011
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program has successfully completed static structural testing, achieving one of five milestones established by the Joint Program Office for 2011.
Static structural testing is used to verify the structural integrity of the… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Delivers First F-35 Center Wing Produced In Marietta
Lockheed Martin’s first F-35 Lightning II center wing produced here is complete and en route to the F-35 final assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas.
“The delivery of this center wing is doubly important for Lockheed Martin’s Marietta site. Not… Continue reading
Lightning Strikes Twice: Two F-35s Arrive at Eglin Air Force Base
Two Lockheed Martin F-35As, AF-10 and AF-11, along with two F-16 chase aircraft, are poised for takeoff to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Wednesday morning. They officially arrived at the base at 1:19 p.m. CDT today. On Friday, the F-35… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Delivers 50th Center Fuselage for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
PALMDALE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) marked the completion of the 50th center fuselage for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter during a ceremony at the company’s Palmdale Manufacturing Center.
Company officials praised employees… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin F-35 grounded after failure of the aircraft s integrated power package
All 20 F-35 Lightning IIs have been grounded following a failure of the aircraft’s integrated power package (IPP).
The incident took place at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., during a ground maintenance run of aircraft… Continue reading