6/15/12: Norway today commenced the largest public procurement project in its history. The event was marked by Minister of Defence Espen Barth Eide authorizing the order for the first F-35A Lightning II for the Norwegian Armed Forces. The decision to move forward was reached following an extended dialogue with the…
6/15/12: by Robbin Laird I personally have done quite a lot of work on Arctic security. And in the course of working on the Arctic and dealing with Norwegians, Canadians and Danes, the F-35 and in the Norwegian case the Aegis systems came into play as well. And in a…
A key member of the panel at the Heritage Foundation event on the F-35 and allies was Anthony “Lazer” Lazarski,
Military Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK). Lazarski is a former USAF officer with operational experience in several type model series of aircraft, and a very knowledgeable practitioner…
Norway and USA have agreed to collaborate on integration of Joint Strike Missile (JSM) on F-35. This opens great opportunities for KONGSBERG and other Norwegian industry. Today Defence Minister Espen Barth Eide announced that the Norwegian Government has decided to start the process to finalize the development of JSM and…
Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister of Defense, Shu Watanabe, revealed at the House of Representatives Security Council that Japan and the U.S. would seal a contract to purchase first four F-35s before June 30. Both Governments have almost agreed on the unit price 10.2 billion JPY, 300 million JPY higher than the…
By Joyce Lobeck for the Yuma Sun Marine Corps Air Station Yuma is bustling with activity as it prepares for the November or December arrival of the first F-35B Joint Strike Fighter jets that will be based here. The first six projects are nearing completion, and work is starting on…
6/8/12: We have focused earlier on what is in the baseline F-35 in terms of capability. https://www.sldinfo.com/the-baseline-f-35/ One aspect of the baseline aircraft which we did not focus on in that discussion was the common global language built into every manufactured aircraft which comes off the assembly line. Because the…
On June 7, 2012, one day after the D-Day remembrance, Heritage Foundation held an event on the F-35 and allies. The focus of the meeting was identified as follows: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the stealth fighter of the future for the United States and allies such as Japan,…
