Posts Tagged ‘F 35 Fighter’

Military And Intelligence News Briefs — June 3, 2010

Pentagon Defends Six Costly Weapons Programs — Reuters

The Pentagon told Congress on Tuesday the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program and five other big weapons programs were vital to national security and should continue despite big cost overruns that triggered live-or-die reviews.

The U.S.

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F-35 News Updates — March 19, 2010



F-35B Reaches Milestone With First Vertical Landing — Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 joint strike fighter program achieved a milestone Thursday when one of the F-35B test aircraft made the first vertical landing in a flight test at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland.

The successful landing, which test pilot Graham Tomlinson said was smoother than he expected, marks several days of testing accomplishments. It follows months of bad news about the program’s soaring costs and technical and production problems.

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More News On The F-35

F-35 Fighter Jet Completes Vertical Landing — FOX News
F-35 does first hovering test — Reuters
F-35B Demonstrates Hover, STOVL Capability — Defense Update
Crazy expensive F-35B Joint Strike Fighter worth it, just for this video — ZDNet
Crystal ball — ELP Defens(c)e Blog
Mine’s a GT – Pilot’s View of first F-35B VL — Ares/Aviation Week
Supersonic stealth jumpjet achieves its first mid-air hover — Register
JSF Nails STOVL and Hovers — DoD Buzz
Uncertainty, skepticism surround new F-35 estimates — Star-Telegram
Lockheed F-35 Is 62% Over Cost, Document, Data Show — Businessweek/Bloomberg
Fighter Jet Costs Jump 50%, Triggering Congressional Review and Lockheed Defense — AllGov
F-35: The Stripped Down Version — NextGov
Navy Three Star Officially Nominated For JSF — Aviation Week
Gates picks vice admiral to run troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet program — The Hill

Military And Intelligence News Briefs — March 8, 2010

F-35


Pentagon Sees No Erosion On F-35 Total Buy — Reuters

(Reuters) – The Pentagon’s chief arms buyer on Thursday said he was not seeing signs that the U.S.

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BREAKING!!!! F-35 Delayed For Two Years, And Will Be Significantly Over Budget

An F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft banks over the flightline at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

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