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The U.S. Lockheed Martin arms concern has confirmed its interest in a tender for fighters for the Czech military worth billions of crowns and it would probably offer its F-16 aircraft, the Ekonom.cz server has reported. However, F-16 is rather an old type and it failed in 1999 when the Czech Republic was considering purchasing supersonic fighters for the first time. At the end, the government decided to lease the ...
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In an exclusive June 2006 interview, Israeli Air Force (IAF) chief procurement officer Brigadier-General Ze’ev Snir told Israel’s Globes publication that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was a key part of their IAF recapitalization plans, and that Israel intends to buy over 100 of the fighters to replace their F-16s over time. Since then, however, the expected cost of that purchase has more than doubled. The necessary contract must deal ...
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For the Navy’s Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II, this is where the rubber hits the road in this case, the deck. The jet has begun the first stages of “carrier suitability testing,” the Navy announced on Tuesday, at the base formerly known as Naval Air Station Lakehurst, now known by the poetic name “Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.” Navy engineers want to begin to get a clearer understanding of how the ...
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The Norwegian parliament unanimously approved the funding of four Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II training jets to begin fulfilling Norway’s future air-combat capability requirements. These 5th Generation fighters will bridge the gap between Norway's aging F-16s currently in service, and due to be phased out by 2023 ... ...
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully participated in the 2011 Northern Edge joint military exercise by demonstrating key F-35 Joint Strike Fighter sensor capabilities in a demanding operational environment. The AN/APG-81 active electronically scanned array radar and AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System were ... ...
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The U.S. Air Force has accepted into its fleet the first of a planned 1,763 production-model Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters. The signing of formal acceptance documents for the jet, known as AF-7, took place at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 final assembly plant in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, May 5. The jet flew to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Friday to begin its flight testing program. “This first ...
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A British industry team led by British Aerospace Electronic Systems has completed the final tests on the ejection or escape system for all variants of the F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft. The system has been certified as safe for flight after a series of rigorous tests. The escape system, used in emergency situations, ensures pilots can eject safely and will be fitted to all 3000+ F-35 aircraft which will be flown ...
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New fighter jets Canada plans to buy will be more than $100 million each at least $25 million more per plane than government estimates according to a top U.S. budget watchdog. Conservative government officials have said 65 new joint strike fighters being built to replace Canada’s F-18 jets will cost about $75 million each, about $9 billion with training and an additional $200-$300 million a year in maintenance. But Mike ...
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When, in December, Britain’s Harrier jets landed at RAF Cottesmore for the final time, the sombre mood weighed on all those present. In a ritual known as the ’walk of honour’, the pilots disembarked from their aircraft and walked away without taking a single look back. The walk marked the end of the Harriers’ 41-year career and closed an illustrious chapter in British aviation history. The iconic aircraft has become ...
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The military has grounded its entire fleet of 10 F-35 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp while it investigates a dual generator failure and an oil leak that occurred during a flight test last week, the company said. The incident came just as military officials were reporting significant progress on the troubled $382 billion Lockheed program after a major restructuring that slowed development to allow more flight testing before ...
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