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Air Force

F-35 Test Points Reach Monthly High, Lockheed Martin Says

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter reached the highest monthly total of test points yet during June, Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday, in a positive step for a program that has been plagued by cost overruns and delays. Lockheed Martin said that 1,118 test points were carried out last month. That included the first flight of the Marine Corps’ F-35B short-takeoff and vertical-landing (STOVL) version with the latest software. The Navy’s F-35C carrier variants’ first night flight was completed at Naval…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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