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Pentagon delays F-35, buys more Boeing fighters
(Reuters) – The Pentagon overhauled the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program for the second time in a year and said it would buy 41 Boeing Co F/A-18 warplanes over the next three years to offset slower production of the… Continue reading
BAE Systems Test Pilot Makes First Vertical Landing in the F-35 Lightning II Aircraft
PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland – BAE Systems’ test pilot Graham “GT” Tomlinson has taken to the skies and successfully completed the first ever vertical landing of the short take off vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II… Continue reading
F-35B STOVL-mode Flight
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md, March 11th, 2010 –
The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter passes overhead at 40 knots (46 mph) prior to a slow landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., on… Continue reading
Third Lockheed Martin F-35B Lands At NAS Patuxent River
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., February 17th, 2010 — Piloted by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Test Pilot Jeff Knowles, the third F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.,… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin F-35B Begins In-Flight STOVL Operations
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., January 7th, 2010 — The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter engaged its STOVL propulsion system in flight for the first time today. The successful test is… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin F-35B Flies To Maryland Test Site, Prepares For Vertical Landings
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., November 16th, 2009 — The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter arrived Sunday at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., where it will conduct its first… Continue reading
Second Lockheed Martin F-35B STOVL Fighter
FORT WORTH, Texas, February 25th, 2009 — Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] second short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B Lightning II accomplished its first flight on Wednesday, Feb. 25. The aircraft, known as BF-2, joins a conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A… Continue reading