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The Integrated Distributed Combat Force

RAAF Pilot Completes His First F-35A Flight

Posted on March 25, 2015 | by SysAdmin
03/25/2015
Video:RAAF Pilot Completes His First F-35A Flight
Posted in HOME, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video | Tagged Australian F-35, Australian Ministry of Defence, F-35A, Luke AFB, RAAF, RAAF Pilot

USN Reservist Flying the F-35B and the F-35C

Posted on March 22, 2015 | by SysAdmin
03/22/2015
USN Reserve Pilot Flies the F-35B and the F-35C in the test process.
Posted in HOME, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month

An Update on the F-35 Roll Out as of February 2015: A Conversation with Steve Over

Posted on March 20, 2015 | by SysAdmin
03/20/2015
According to Steve Over, the head of international Business Development for the F-35, the program is on track to deliver around 400 aircraft by 2018 and 600 by 2020.
Posted in Manufacturability, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

An Update on the F-35B: Art “Turbo” Tomassetti Talks About the Way Ahead

Posted on March 20, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
03/20/2015
This interview with "Turbo" Tomassetti provides a look at the way ahead for the USMC IOC of the F-35B.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

First Italian F-35 Rolls Out from Cameria FACO

Posted on March 16, 2015 | by SysAdmin
03/16/2015
The Cameri facility will assemble planes for Italy and the Netherlands, including As as well as Bs.  
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New | Tagged 5th generation fighter, AL-1, Alenia Aermacchi, Cameri, F-35A Lightning II, F-35B, FACO, Final Assembly and Check Out, ITALIAN F-35A, Italy, Lockheed Martin, Lorraine Martin, Royal Netherlands Air Force

The Maturing of F-35 Manufacturing and Crafting Synergy Among Suppliers, the Final Assembly Line and Maintainers: An Update With Don Kinard

Posted on March 13, 2015 | by SysAdmin
03/13/2015
Dr. Donald Kinard, an expert on F-35 manufacturing, discusses the maturation of the production processes in the program..
Posted in Logs & Sustainment, Manufacturability, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

The Coming of the F-35C and the Evolution of Carrier Strike Power: An Interview with Jim Gigliotti, Lockheed Martin Navy Program Manager

Posted on March 7, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
03/07/2015
What the E2D and the F-35C, working alongside F/A-18s and EA-18Gs, do is to unlock more offensive capabilities from the strike force.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

First UK-Japanese Foreign and Defense Ministers Meeting, January 2015

Posted on March 7, 2015 | by SysAdmin
03/07/2015
The Japanese and the British are expanding their defense and foreign policy working relationships.
Posted in Strategy, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New
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