Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
The sun bursts through clouds as a military helicopter flies over the control tower at a military airbase in Singapore on March 12, 2013. Singapore is in the final stages of evaluating the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as a possible replacement for its F-15 and F-16 planes, the defence minister said in remarks published on March 12.
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What Boeing is hoping is that the Navy will decide that it cannot afford a carrier-based version of the F-35
Lockheed Martin is honored by the trust and confidence the Australian government showed in the F-35 program with today’s announcement ... Along with the first two Australian jets in production, which will deliver in mid-2014, we will work closely with the government to support their purchase of their remaining 100 F-35 aircraft. Additionally, we will work with Australian industry supporting their participation in the production of components and sub-assemblies for the more than 3,000 F-35s to be built during the life of the program.
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Australia plans to buy 12 EA-18G Growler aircraft
advanced electronic warfare technology aircraft because it can't risk delivery delays in their replacement, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.The government announced last year that its air force will equip 12 of Australia's F/A-18 Super Hornet Read more »
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Lockheed Martin's F-35 will go operational a year early
A digest of important news from sources selected by our local editors. Delivered weekday mornings. Lance Murray edits and writes for the DBJ's website and can be reached at 214-706-7106 The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will go operational in 5/21/13 from Dallas Business Journal Read more »
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F-35 Test Video Shows Massively Impressive And Stomach Churning Figher Jet Stall Test (VIDEO)
The opening 15 seconds of this video will impress and you and make your stomach turn in equal measure. Test pilot Dave 'Doc' Nelson takes the new F-35 fighter jet to the limits of its performance as he flies vertically past its stall point - and then dro 5/21/13 from The Huffington Post Read more »
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F-35 fighter jet program reaches milestone with vertical takeoff
The F-35 fighter jet, a nearly $400-billion weapons program under development for more than a decade, hit a major milestone when it completed its first-ever vertical takeoff. The Bethesda, Md., company said the test flight took place May 10 at Naval Air from Los Angeles Times Read more »
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Lockheed's Goofs Lead to Boeing's Profit
To hear Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT ) CEO Marillyn Hewson tell it, everything's going just swell with Lockheed's new F-35 stealth fighter jet program. International buyers are "lining up" to buy the plane. Singapore and Korea are both interested. Canada's from Motley Fool Read more »
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Australia heaps praise on F-35, says rivals years behind
CANBERRA May 16 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp is well on the way to fixing the F-35s performance and helmet problems, Australian military chiefs said on Thursday, rejecting criticism the troubled jet will be overmatched by newer Russian and Chinese ai from Reuters Read more »
