F-35B lifts off for first flight at Eglin
05/23/2012
The F-35B flight training begins at the joint training facility at Eglin AFB.
Getting on With It: Step Up F-35 Production
05/19/2012
Generals Corley and Looney argue that we need to get on with it and produce the F-35. General Deptula provides his insights as well.
F-16s Set Example of Concurrent Development
05/19/2012
By Gordon England May 7, 2012 Excerpts from Defense News Why is the F-16 fighter jet so successful, with 4,500 airplanes delivered and, 30 years later, still in production, while the F-35 is a continuing struggle? I was heavily involved in both programs, to include industry and government, and here…
Latest F-35B Arrives At Eglin AFB
05/16/2012
A DOZEN F-35s NOW CALL EGLIN AFB HOME FORT WORTH, Texas, May 15, 2012 – The twelfth F-35 Lightning II destined for the training fleet at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., was ferried today. U.S. Marine Corps pilot Lt. Col. Fred Schenk piloted the aircraft, known as BF-11, which departed…
Rolls secures £194m STOVL order
05/14/2012
Britain’s blue chip aerospace and defence sector manufacturer Rolls-Royce has received a contract for $315m (£194m) from Pratt & Whitney to supply its LiftSystem (pictured) for 17 F-35B Lightning II aircraft. Rolls is the only company in the world to produce the advanced technology that enables F-35B aircraft to perform…
Titanium structures for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter to be produced in Bristol, UK
05/14/2012
14:51 GMT, May 2, 2012 GKN Aerospace at Filton, UK, has commenced production of precision machined titanium structures for BAE Systems, a principal subcontractor to Lockheed Martin, for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft (JSF). The Filton site will work in partnership with the GKN Aerospace sister operation…
F-35 vital to U.S. defense and to Arizona
05/14/2012
By Mike Hellon What are you up to, Washington? I know that America is burning through cash faster than we can print it. I know that Congress wants to make major cuts to an assortment of programs. And, I know that our economy is slowly growing. Fortunately, for Arizona and…
Rolls-Royce Receives $315 Million Contract to Supply LiftSystem Technology
05/14/2012
May 01, 2012 07:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time RESTON, Va.–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has received a contract for $315 Million from Pratt & Whitney to supply the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem® for 17 F-35B Lightning II aircraft. “Rolls-Royce continues to focus on increasing efficiency as we provide…