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Lockheed Books $3.6B Navy Contract Modification for F-35 Logistics Support

Lockheed secured a $3.63B Navy contract modification to provide F‑35 logistics, maintenance, training and supply chain ...

First F-35A Lightning II Joins Finland's Fighter Jet Fleet

Finland may not be the first country that comes to mind when you think of an Air Force, but it is nonetheless expanding with ...
The National Interest on MSN

Japan’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is growing. So are its military bases.

Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two ...
Assembly Magazine

Software Helps Lockheed Improve Cost Estimation

Lockheed Martin is the prime F-35 contractor with principal partners Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. The aircraft has three ...
The Aviationist on MSN

First Royal Navy F-35Bs are Undergoing Corrosion Repair at the U.S. Navy’s FRCSE

The three Royal Navy F-35Bs will be put through an extensive inspection of airframe and substructure for any corrosive damage, following which those parts ...
Aviation Week

U.S. Marine Corps Will Repair Keel-Damaged F-35B

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin—A Lockheed Martin F-35B with a keel damaged 2.5 years ago during a crash landing will be fixed and returned to the fleet, says the U.S. Air National Guard pilot who ejected from the ...
Flightglobal

UK engineering team arrives in Kerala to repair stranded F-35B

The UK’s military has deployed a team of engineers to work on a Lockheed Martin F-35B which has been stranded in India’s southwestern Kerala state since making an emergency landing in mid-June.
Aviation Week

UK Finalizing Plans To Retrieve Stranded F-35B

UK F-35Bs in Singapore. Credit: Chen Chuanren SINGAPORE—The UK Royal Navy is continuing efforts to recover a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II that diverted to Thiruvananthapuram Airport in India ...
The National Interest

Why Does America’s F-35 Fighter Look So Much Like an Old Soviet Prototype?

It is unlikely that, as many Russian sources brag, the F-35B was a direct rip-off of the Yak-141. However, there are many staggering similarities between the two planes. Most military and aviation ...
GovCon Wire

Two Lockheed-Built F-35Bs Cleared to Perform at Upcoming Air Shows

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 7, 2016 ” The U.K. government has cleared two Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35B fighter jets to participate in the Farnborough International Airshow and Royal ...
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What Fighter Jet Can Go The Slowest Without Falling Out Of The Sky?

Most fighter jets have what is called a stall speed - the slowest the jet can go before it falls out of the sky. However, there are two fighter jets currently in service that can get around their ...
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Lockheed Martin X-35B STOVL

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Short takeoff/vertical landing variant to be used by U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marines and the United Kingdom, equipped ...