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Lockheed Martin Notes High Mission Capable Rates for Forward F-35s, While Training Aircraft Lag

While the overall mission capable (MC) rate of the Lockheed Martin F-35 is around 60 percent, forward military detachments have seen MC rates of more than 80 percent, including more than 87…

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US Air Force Plans to Move Forward on MH-139A Developmental Testing

Boeing has received the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certifications (STCs) for the company’s MH-139A Grey Wolf to enter developmental testing, the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson…

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Lockheed Martin Receives Contract for $7.6 Billion for 129 Total F-35s in Lot 15

Lockheed Martin has received a more than $7.6 billion contract for 129 F-35 fighters in Lot 15–49 F-35As for the U.S. Air Force; three F-35Bs and 10 F-35Cs for the U.S. Marine Corps;…

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Boeing Begins EPAWSS Upgrades For U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles

Boeing has begun modifying two F-15E Strike Eagles with the Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS), which is also to go on the U.S. Air Force’s F-15EX Eagle II fighters, the…

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US Air Force Picks LIFT Airborne Technologies’ Helmet for Fixed Wing Aircraft

The U.S. Air Force has picked California-based LIFT Airborne Technologies‘ AV 2.2 helmet to serve as the Next Generation Fixed Wing helmet. LIFT Technologies’ offering was competing in the prototype phase against two…

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US Air Force Addresses High Cost of NGAD, Link 16 Cryptographic Modernization Delay

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Canada Chooses F-35A in Future Fighter Competition

The government of Canada on March 28 said that it has begun negotiations with Lockheed Martin on a buy 0f 88 F-35As under the country’s Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) to replace Canada’s aging…

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Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to Get New Chief

Lockheed Martin said on March 14 that it has named John Clark as the new vice president and general manager of the company’s Skunk Works’ classified development arm. Clark is a 23-year…