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Lockheed Martin Expands Facility For F-35 Component Manufacturing In Pinellas Park, Fla.
PINELLAS PARK, Fla., Feb. 22, 2012 – Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE:LMT] operation in Pinellas Park officially opened a new 57,000 square foot manufacturing facility today to produce aircraft canopy components for the F-35 Lightning II fighter.
The new facility is an… Continue reading
F-35 naval variants commence weapons testing
Marine Corps Maj. C. R. “Jimi” Clift flies F-35B Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft BF-3 Dec. 19, 2011 with a 1,000-lb inert test GBU-32 in an open internal weapons bay for loads testing. Significant weapons testing for the F-35B and… Continue reading
Pratt & Whitney’s F135 Engine Exceeds 20,000 Hours Powering the F-35
Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine – exclusively powering Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II – exceeded 20,000 total engine hours while powering the fleet of F-35 flight test aircraft, including 17,700 ground test hours and 2,500 flight test hours. This… Continue reading
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