The F-35 Lightning II is a multinational, multi-service, single-pilot fighter designed with first-day-of-the-war, precision all-weather strike capability. This highly survivable fighter will be built in three variants – conventional takeoff and landing, short takeoff/ vertical landing, and carrier-based. Overall, the F-35 cockpit is a generation beyond preceding aircraft, as large liquid crystal touch-screen displays feature color-coded symbology, pictographs, and digital information. Also, the head-up display has been replaced by a helmet-mounted display as the primary flight reference. The complexity of missions, sensors used, and weapons employed make this fifth-generation cockpit necessary. Advanced technology makes it possible.
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman/BAE…
Raytheon’s new contract with the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the U.S. Global Positioning System may be worth twice as much as originally thought due to demand for military and commercial use.
The contract is currently valued at $886 million and includes a much-needed update for the U.S. air traffic control system by request of the FAA. The contract states that Raytheon will supervise a team of contractors to make expansions and improvements in accuracy to the GPS system nationwide.
Although the market for GPS accessories and equipment stands at $20 billion today, it is expected…
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pratt & Whitney has achieved initial service release (ISR) for the conventional take off and landing/carrier variant (CTOL/CV) F135 engine, marking another major milestone as the engine is cleared for operational use in the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.
“Achieving initial service release means the F135 CTOL/CV engine, with more than 13,000 test hours, has met all necessary requirements and proven the safety, reliability and performance of this product for operational use in the field,” said Warren Boley, Vice President of F135 Engine…
The Lockheed Martin executive responsible for development of the troubled F-35 joint strike fighter, Dan Crowley, got a strong endorsement and vote of confidence Thursday from his boss, Lockheed Chief Executive Robert Stevens.
“I have absolute confidence in him in this role,” Stevens said in a telephone news conference. “I have no intention of removing Dan Crowley from this program.”
Stevens’ comments came in a joint conference call with Ashton Carter, the chief Pentagon weapons buyer, after a two-day meeting in Fort Worth on the F-35 program.
After Carter and Stevens discussed the revised plan and budget for the F-35 program, Stevens was…
GKN Aerospace has been selected by BAE SYSTEMS as a Strategic Supplier for the manufacture of an extensive range of composite and metallic structures for the F-35 Lightning II in agreements with a potential value in excess of USD200m.
The agreements extend GKN Aerospace’s existing involvement on the F-35, which currently includes the supply of a number of complex titanium structures for the airframe and engine; providing the advanced all-composite engine front fan case and embedded electro-thermal ice protection system for the F135 engine; and designing and supplying the aircraft’s sophisticated canopy transparency.
These new packages of work bring the Company’s extensive…
A subsidiary of Sypris Solutions Inc. has been awarded additional orders to provide electronic assemblies for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Sypris Electronics said it now has received about $10 million from Northrop Grumman Information Systems for work on the program since 2005.
The F-35 is the Pentagon’s marquee fighter jet program. Lockheed Martin is the lead contractor.
Sypris provides electronic assemblies for the communications, navigation and identification avionics system for the program.
AVIATION WEEK Presents Two Events in Phoenix, Including Largest Global Aviation Maintenance Trade Show – MRO Americas 2010
MRO Americas and MRO Military take place April 20-22, 2010
NEW YORK, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AVIATION WEEK will present the MRO Americas Conference & Exhibition and MRO Military Conference & Exhibition on April 20-22, at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona. Leading executives from all areas of the aviation and defense (A&D) maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industries will focus on the road to recovery, growth and profitability. A sold-out, joint exhibition hall will host over 500 MRO, aviation and defense product and…
SYRACUSE, N.Y., March 4 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received a low-rate initial production contract valued at $171.8 million from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Bethpage, NY, for four AN/APY-9 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) radar systems and spare parts. The radar systems will be integrated into the U.S. Navy’s new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.
“The APY-9 radar will provide unprecedented capability to the U.S. Navy and allied forces operating in the littorals to detect and track airborne and cruise missile threats,” said Carl Bannar, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s Radar Systems business, headquartered in Syracuse, NY….
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit yesterday at Sukhoi’s offices has yielded some excellent footage of the T-50 cockpit and what appears to be a static airframe.
All photos and videos were posted earlier today at DefenceNet.
The cockpit shows two side-by-side, roughly 15-in multi-function displays with a massive head-up display.
Breaking news from the emerald coast – Valparaiso and the Air Force reached a settlement agreement
VALPARAISO — Valparaiso and the Air Force reached a settlement agreement Monday night in the months-long legal dispute over dreaded F-35 noise.
After holding an hour-long executive session, commissioners unanimously agreed to the terms of the agreement, and Mayor Bruce Arnold signed the five-page document.
Monday was the court’s deadline for parties to settle or come back to court. The settlement negotiations ended last November but faced a long journey up the chain of command. Now, the settlement needs one more Air Force signature to make it…
