Amos: F-35 Fire is Probably a ‘One-Off’
The Commandant of the Marine Corps described the June engine fire of an F-35 that caused the fleet’s grounding until…
Lockheed: Marine Joint Strike Fighter on Final Approach to Initial Operational Capability
Lockheed Martin has begun testing the final version of the F-35’s Block 2B software that the US. Marines need to…
Marine Joint Strike Fighter on Track to Meet 2015 Goal
The U.S. Marine Corps’ F-35B short take-off vertical landing (STOVL) version of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is making good…
Cracking Found in Marine Joint Strike Fighter Won’t Delay Program
Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) have discovered additional structural cracks on the U.S. Marine Corps version…
Marines Bullish on F-35B
While the U.S. Air Force is catching flack from Congress based on the assumption it will retire its fleet of…
Lockheed Installs F-35 Sims at New Training Site
Lockheed Martin is installing high-fidelity F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) full mission simulators (FMS) at Marine Corps Air…
New Canopy Manufacturing Technique Could Cut Total JSF Costs by $125 million
The U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) has developed a new manufacturing process to build fighter aircraft canopies. The…