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Lockheed Martin to Integrate New Situational Awareness System for F-35
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is to integrate the Raytheon [RTN] Next-Generation Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS) into all F-35 variants over the next two years under a nearly $99 million contract […]
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin, Universal Synaptics Partner to Address Fighter Jet Faults
Lockheed Martin [LMT] will be the systems integrator of two Universal Synaptics automated test equipment solutions across key Defense Department programs under a new intermittent fault detection technology licensing agreement. […]
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F-35 Distributed Mission Training Coming in 2019
Pilots training to fly the F-35 Lightning II will soon have the ability to virtually fly with up to 12 flight simulators networked together across different bases and training facilities […]
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New Fuel Tube Issues Ground Several F-35s For Second Time This Month
Following the Oct. 11 grounding of all F-35 Joint Strike Fighters due to a failed fuel tube in some aircraft, two additional fuel supply tubes have been identified as suspect […]
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International
Belgium Picks F-35 Over European Options for Future Fighter
Belgium has chosen Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for its next fighter aircraft over several potential European options, becoming the 13th country to select the fifth-generation platform. The […]
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Air Force
Majority of F-35 Aircraft Cleared For Flight After Fuel Tube Tests
Less than a week after the Pentagon’s entire fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters was temporarily grounded to investigate a suspect fuel tube, the majority of the aircraft are back […]
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Air Force
F-35s Grounded Worldwide For Fuel Tube Inspection
The U.S. military’s most sophisticated fighter aircraft fleet was temporarily suspended from operations beginning Thursday as the Defense Department worked to determine which of their platforms had a suspect part […]
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Air Force
F-35 PEO: Unit Cost Could Drop Below $80 Million by 2020
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) remain on track to reach a unit price of $80 million — or less — by lot 14, the program […]
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Air Force
F-35 Program Office: No Change Anticipated for Deliveries to Turkey
The Department of Defense (DoD) continues to move forward with plans to deliver F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Turkey on schedule, even as it makes progress on a congressionally mandated […]
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F-35 Program Office Aiming to Keep Deliveries on Track with New Performance Incentives
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) is looking to target late delivery timelines and quality inefficiencies with its next production lot by instating new production efficiency initiatives, the program executive […]
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