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FILTER RESULTS ►International Security and Relations Network: The Fighter You Have
The development, entry into service and widespread worldwide use of the United States' controversial new stealth fighter is, by now, a foregone conclusion. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), produced by aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, has been in full-scale development for 11 years -- and low-rate production for six. Show More Summary
Lockheed says furloughs could delay F-35 fighter, other programs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official said on Tu...
F-35B performs first vertical take-off
Sources say that test pilots at NAS Patuxent River,
Maryland, performed the first Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)
vertical take-off on 10 May.
The US Marine Corps' short take-off vertical landing (STOVL)
variant has always had a requirement to perform vertical take-offs right from
he outset of the JSF programme. Show More Summary
Affordability Remains Priority for Joint Strike Fighter Program
Affordability remains the priority for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, the Pentagon’s program executive officer for the Defense Department’s most expensive procurement told Congress yesterday. Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Show More Summary
Pentagon downplays comment on F-35 fighter jet cyber threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday downplayed a comment by one of its officials that he is not totally confident in the ability of the $396 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, built by Lockheed Martin Corp, to survive a cyber attack.
Pentagon sees some risk of delay in F-35 software
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program on Wednesday said there was "some risk" that software being developed by Lockheed Martin Corp for the Air Force version of the new fighter plane would be delayed beyond late 2017.
Pentagon sees Singapore’s decision about buying F-35s by summer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Singapore has shown "tremendous interest" in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter developed by Lockheed Martin Corp and will likely decide by this summer whether to buy the new warplane, the Pentagon's F-35 program chief said on Wednesd...
F-35A costs 10% more to operate than F-16
Operating costs for the conventional take-off version of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are expected to be roughly 10% greater than those of the Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon.
According to the Pentagon's F-35 joint programme...Show More Summary
CRS Views the Joint Strike Fighter
“The Defense Department’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is one of three aircraft programs at the center of current debate over tactical aviation, the others being the Air Force F-22A fighter and the Navy F/A-18E/F fighter/attack plane,” explains a newly updated Congressional Research Service (CRS) report. “The JSF program is a major issue in Congress [...]Show More Summary
F-35B completes first night short take-off and vertical landing
A Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)
completed its first night short take-off and vertical landing during a
est sortie at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, on 2 April.
According to Lockheed and the F-35 Joint Program
Office,...Show More Summary
South Korea Requests F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress March 29 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Korea for 60 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $10.8 billion. The Government of the Republic of Korea [...]
F-35 fighter transforming defense industry says retiring chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The retiring chief of the trouble-plagued F-35 Joint Strike Fighter says he remains bullish about the hi-tech war plane, with costs soon to be further reduced as production takes off, and believes the program will transform the a...
UK confirms Norfolk home for F-35 squadrons
In what must be one of 2013's least surprising announcements, the UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that its future fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters will be operated from the Royal Air Force's Marham base in Norfolk. Here's a Lockheed Martin shot showing one of the UK's test aircraft, during its first speaking engagement last year. Show More Summary
If the Military’s Future Stealth Jet Fails, the Navy’s Got a Backup Plan
The Navy is readying its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters to complement its planned stealthy F-35s. And, if necessary, do the Joint Strike Fighter's job.
Danger Room: If The Military’s Future Stealth Jet Fails, The Navy’s Got a Backup Plan
The U.S. Navy is carefully backing away from the troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program -- and putting in place a backup plan in case the trillion-dollar, jack-of-all-trades stealth jet can't recover from mounting technical and budgetary woes. Show More Summary
First international student pilot flies F-35
The first international student aviator at the 33rd Fighter Wing, training to be an F-35B Lightning II instructor pilot, completed his first sortie in the joint strike fighter here March 19. United Kingdom Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Frankie Buchler flew with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501. “There were no surprises, the jet was fun [...]
Lockheed Martin names Carvalho to head aeronautics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp, the Pentagon's largest supplier and maker of the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, has named Orlando Carvalho the new head of aeronautics in place of Larry Lawson, the defense contractor said on Monday.
Navy Stuck Between the Rock and Hard Place on Joint Strike Fighter
F-35A
National Defense Magazine blog has what appears to me to be the most insightful tidbits of information to date on the Navy perspective of the F-35C. At the March 12 Credit Suisse/McAleese defense programs conference in Washington, D.C. Show More Summary
Insight: Expensive F-35 fighter at risk of budget “death spiral”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's called the "death spiral," and America's newest warplane, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, is in danger of falling into it before the plane has even gone into service.
F-35 Production On Track, Program Chief Says
The F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter program is a different program than it was four years ago, the F-35 program executive officer said here March 12. In a speech at the McAleese/Credit Suisse Defense Programs Conference at the Newseum, Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan told attendees that he and his predecessor, Navy Vice Adm. [...]
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