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Lockheed Begins Delivering F-35 Simulators To U.S. Allies

By Marc Selinger

Friday, November 10th, 2017

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F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] has begun delivering full-mission simulators for the fighter jet to foreign customers, the company announced Nov. 6.The Israeli, Italian, Japanese and Norwegian air forces have become the first international recipients of the pilot-training system, which features a virtual cockpit in a 360-degree dome, Lockheed Martin said. The simulator is designed to replicate flight characteristics, sensors, weapons and threats, and it can be used for pilot qualification training, continuation training and mission rehearsal training.Lockheed Martin has now…

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