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  • USS George Washington Hosts F-35C Test Pilots to Complete Dev't Testing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USS George Washington Hosts F-35C Test Pilots to Complete Dev’t Testing

    The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington will host a Patuxent River integrated test force team for the Lockheed Martin-built F-35C fighter aircraft in support of developmental testing efforts. The USS George Washington office said Sunday the test pilot team will work to complete the third and final at-sea stage as part of preparations for the F-35 variant’s initial operational capability scheduled for […] More

  • Lockheed F-35C Jets Complete 2nd At-Sea Test Round - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed F-35C Jets Complete 2nd At-Sea Test Round

    Lockheed Martin has completed a second round of F-35C at-sea tests aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to check the maneuver, launch and nighttime operations of the F-35‘s carrier-based variant, Reuters reported Friday. Andrea Shalal writes those tests included night flights in which pilots used helmets that Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems redesigned for the U.S. Navy. The Navy […] More

  • Navy Plans 2nd Round of Sea Trials for Lockheed's F-35C Jets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans 2nd Round of Sea Trials for Lockheed’s F-35C Jets

    The U.S. Navy will conduct at-sea trials of Lockheed Martin‘s F-35C jet aboard the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier in October as part of the program’s second development testing phase, Defense News reported Thursday. Lara Seligman writes that the tests will verify the carrier-variant joint strike fighter’s launch and recovery functions and performance under nighttime and suboptimal conditions. […] More

  • Leidos Completes Maritime Autonomy System Tests on DARPA Unmanned Vessel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Completes Maritime Autonomy System Tests on DARPA Unmanned Vessel

    Leidos has concluded a 42-day test of its maritime autonomy system under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Tuesday it equipped a surrogate vessel with the autonomy software and associated sensors to perform maneuvers and ACTUV mission functions to evaluate its compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s collision regulations. Leidos conducted […] More