Lockheed Martin has reached a new milestone in the F-35 program with the delivery of the 500th unit.
Read More »Interos to Help F-35 Joint Program Office Implement Supply Chain Mgmt Platform
Interos secured a contract to provide a technology platform for the F-35 Joint Program Office to manage potential risks to the fighter aircraft program's global supply chain.
Read More »Collins Aerospace-Elbit Systems JV Marks F-35 Helmet Mounted Display Delivery Milestone
A joint venture between Collins Aerospace and Elbit Systems has delivered the 1,000th unit of a helmet mounted display system designed for F-35 pilots.
Read More »Jacobs to Extend F-35 Joint Program Office IT Support
Jacobs Engineering Group has received a $13.9M bridge contract from the U.S. Navy to provide information technology and assurance support to the Defense Department‘s focal office responsible for overseeing F-35 weapons systems. The Defense Department said Monday that Jacobs’ technology business will continue to help the F-35 Joint Program Office manage IT and …
Read More »Lockheed Martin Delivers 300th F-35 Aircraft to Hill AFB
Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office have delivered the 300th F-35 aircraft. The 300th Lightning II unit is an F-35A variant assigned to the U.S. Air Force‘s Hill AF Base, the company said Monday. At present, 197 conventional takeoff and landing variants, 75 short takeoff/vertical landing variants and 28 carrier variants compose the combined …
Read More »Report: Lockheed, DoD Reach Agreement on F-35 Repairs
Lockheed Martin has resumed deliveries of F-35 fighter jets to the Defense Department after both parties addressed differences over aircraft repair costs, Reuters reported Tuesday. The Pentagon’s F-35 joint program office told Reuters that DoD stopped accepting F-35s in late March due to a disagreement on who should be financially responsible for a …
Read More »ACT I Among 2018 SECAF Government Project of the Year Award Finalists; Neil Albert Comments
Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has been selected as a finalist for the “Government Project of the Year” category of the Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum’s 2018 awards. ACT I President Neil Albert said in a statement published Thursday the company’s flagship program that supports the Defense Department‘s F-35 Joint Program …
Read More »Lockheed to Integrate Anti-Collision Software Into F-35
Lockheed Martin will move to implement an anti-collision technology into the F-35 aircraft in an effort to help fighter pilots avoid controlled flight into terrain. The F-35 Joint Program Office, Lockheed and the Air Force Research Laboratory confirmed that the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System is ready to enter a rapid integration …
Read More »BAE-Northrop-DECA Team Obtains UK Defense Ministry Acquisition Award
A partnership of BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman and U.K.’s defense electronics and components agency has received recognition from the British defense ministry for their collaborative efforts under the F-35 Lightning II program. MoD honored the bid team called Team UK during the Minister for Defense Procurement Acquisition Awards ceremony that took place Nov. 28 at …
Read More »ACT I Secures F-35 Program Office Logistics Support Subcontract; Michael Niggel Comments
Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received a five-year subcontract from Booz Allen Hamilton to provide lifecycle logistics and sustainment services to the Naval Air Systems Command on behalf of the Defense Department‘s F-35 Program Office. The subcontract falls under a task order Booz Allen won through the U.S. Navy‘s Seaport-E contract vehicle, according to an ACT I release. …
Read More »BAE Receives $50M Subcontract From Lockheed to Provide UK F-35 Engineering, Maintenance, Training Support
BAE Systems has secured nearly $50 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin to provide a range of support services for the U.K.’s F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Lockheed awarded the funds to the British defense company as part a three-year, $100 million contract from the Defense Department‘s F-35 Joint Program Office, BAE said Friday. Both companies …
Read More »DoD Assigns F-35 Component MRO, Upgrade Workloads to Partner Nations
The Defense Department has granted regional F-35 maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade capacity to partner nations that will support 65 out of 774 repairables outside the continental U.S. Lockheed Martin, the F-35 prime contractor, said Monday the U.K. will oversee 48 of the 65 F-35 components while Netherlands will handle 14 and Australia will manage three …
Read More »Breaking Defense: Air Force’s F-35 Flight Operations to Resume by Year’s End
The U.S. Air Force plans to resume operations of its F-35 joint strike fighter jets by the end of this year after the completion of repairs to the aircraft’s fuel pipes, Breaking Defense reported Friday. The F-35 Joint Program Office has has said the non-compliant Polyalphaolefin coolant tubes of the Air Force’s 15 operational F-35 jets are …
Read More »Lockheed Announces Flight Suspension for 15 F-35A Due to Coolant Tube Insulation Issue
Lockheed Martin has announced a temporary suspension of flight operations for 15 F-35A aircraft after an insulation issue was discovered on the coolant tube installed on the fighter jet's wings. The company said Friday the coolant tube insulation problem is a supply chain manufacturing defect that was discovered during depot …
Read More »Air Force to Complete F-35 Ejector Seat Equipment Modification Tests in September
The U.S. Air Force will continue tests on two equipment modifications added to the Martin-Baker-developed ejection seat used on the service branch’s F-35 aircraft, Defense Tech reported Monday. Hope Hodge Seck writes the F-35 Joint Program Office has considered the addition of a lightweight crew sequencer switch and a head support panel between ejection seat risers to …
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