F-35
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Navy/USMC
Lockheed Martin Nabs $180 Million To Convert Three F-35s To Test Variant
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $180 million modification on April 21 to support converting three F-35 aircraft to a test variant. The contract announcement said […]
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Navy/USMC
Marines Plan To Shift Some Future F-35Bs To More F-35Cs
The Marine Corps plans to shift some of its planned future F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft into the F-35C carrier variant, according to the service’s latest Aviation […]
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International
Australia Gets Its Last Nine F-35As
Australia on Wednesday said it received its last nine of 72 total F-35A aircraft. The Royal Australian Air Force received its first two F-35As in December 2018. The Defense Ministry […]
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U.S. F-35 Lands On Japanese Ship For Upgrade Developmental Testing
A specially configured U.S. F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) Lightning II aircraft for the first time touched down on a Japanese naval vessel over the weekend for the […]
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Navy/USMC
Lockheed Martin Nabs $1.56 Billion Contract In F-35 Logistics Support
The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.56 billion contract to procure various logistics support for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter air systems for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign […]
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Smith Orders Marine Aviation Safety Stand-down After Three Crashes
The Acting Commandant of the Marine Corps ordered a two-day safety stand-down of aviation units following three crashes in less than two months. Most recently, on Sept. 17 a pilot […]
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Navy/USMC
LHA F-35B Experimentation Shows How ‘Assault Carriers’ Can Integrate With Carrier Groups
The commander of U.S. 7th Fleet last week said recent experimentation with the America-class USS Tripoli (LHA-7) amphibious assault ship loaded with Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35B fighters tested how the […]
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Testing of Second XA100 for Adaptive Engine Transition Program Complete, GE Says
General Electric [GE] said on Sept. 12 that it has tested out the company’s second XA100 adaptive cycle engine at the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tullahoma, […]
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Pratt & Whitney Wins $4.4 Billion Contract For F-35 Engines, Components
The Navy awarded Raytheon Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney [RTX] an undefinitized contract modification worth up to $4.385 billion on June 14 for almost 180 F-35 engines. The award adds scope […]
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International
Canada Rejects Boeing Super Hornet For Fighter Replacement
The government of Canada confirmed it has rejected Boeing [BA] as a finalist in the government’ project to replace its 76 aging CF-18 Hornet fighters. The government is seeking to […]
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