MilitaryPreliminary Design Review for F-35 Full Motion Video Data Link Upcoming A preliminary design review (PDR) of a Full Motion Video Data Link (FMVDL) for Lockheed Martin's F-35 is planned before the end of the year, according to the company. “Overall FMVDL development,…
MilitaryF-35 Deliveries Temporarily Paused to Inspect Damage to Lightning Protection System The contractor of the U.S. military’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter paused deliveries in early June for three weeks to investigate damage on the system that protects the aircraft’s engine from lightning strikes,…
MilitaryNew Report Finds Removing Turkey From F-35 Program Risks Pushing Test Schedule Right A new government watchdog report warns that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is once again at risk of missing its test schedule, amid the ongoing removal of former program partner Turkey and…
MilitaryFuture F-35 Panoramic Cockpit Display System to Feature Better Processing, Memory A new Panoramic Cockpit Display – Electronics Unit (PCD-EU) for the Lockheed Martin F-35 is to feature significantly enhanced processing and memory. The PCD-EU "is considered a new development effort under the…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Ends 2019 on a High Note, Expects to Increase F-35 Deliveries in 2020 Lockheed Martin on Tuesday reported a strong close to its 2019 fiscal year with double-digit top and bottom line growth and the company expects further gains in 2020. Net income in the…
MilitaryLockheed Martin to Integrate New Situational Awareness System for F-35 Lockheed Martin is to integrate the Raytheon Next-Generation Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS) into all F-35 variants over the next two years under a nearly $99 million contract announced by the Pentagon…
MilitaryLockheed Awarded $2.3 Billion in Various F-35 Contracts at Year’s End The Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin five contracts worth a cumulative $2.3 billion at the end of 2019 for various work related to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, to include logistics services for delivered…
MilitaryDefense Authorizers Direct Increased Oversight of F-35 Upgrades Defense authorizers in the House and Senate are directing increased oversight of the F-35 Block 4 and Continuous Capability Development and Delivery (C2D2) program. The oversight requires the secretary of defense "to…
MilitaryF-35 JPO: ALIS Fix Targeted for September 2020 The Defense Department and Lockheed Martin expect to field a modernized, upgraded version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s Automated Logistics Information System (ALIS) by next fall, service and industry officials told…
MilitaryCollins Aerospace to Provide Global F-35 Pilot Readiness Center with Dutch Air Force United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace is to provide what the company calls the first global pilot readiness center for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning under an agreement with the Royal Netherlands…