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Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2009 John McHale	Air Force Tests F-35 Fighter Aircraft Avionics; First Combat-Ready Jet to Fly This Summer The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATBird) aircraft has completed a successful demonstration of military avionics systems being developed for the F-35 Lightning II fighter-bomber.
Popular Mechanics March 2008 Joe Pappalardo	3 Questions for a Real F-35 Test Pilot Test pilot Jon Beesley has ridden in history's cockpit. Having flown in the development phase of every operational U.S. stealth aircraft.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 Courtney E. Howard	BAE Systems Gains F-35 JSF Production Contract to Deliver EWCS The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program partner Lockheed Martin have awarded BAE Systems a contract to begin low-rate production of the JSF.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007	RGB Spectrum to Provide Digital Recording Technology for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Simulators DGy units in the F-35 mission simulator's pilot pods will record everything the pilots observe during maneuvers-including avionics, out-the-window imagery, target acquisition, navigation, and weapons control.
National Defense July 2008 Grace V. Jean	Eglin Prepares to Open F-35 Training Center Lockheed Martin Corp. is building a high-tech training center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., which will be used by all F-35 pilots and maintainers.
National Defense November 2005 Robert H. Williams	Strike Fighter Engine Team Gains Assist The GE Rolls-Royce fighter engine team has selected BAE Systems to produce digital electronic controls for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2006	F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Gains Qualtech Systems Diagnostics Pratt & Whitney has contracted Qualtech Systems Inc. to provide on-board engine diagnostics for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), a new aircraft being developed for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and international air forces.
National Defense December 2015 Stew Magnuson	F-35 Program Ramps Up Training for Pilots, Technicians The F-35 joint strike fighter program is transitioning to a day when its pilots will come fresh out of flight school and the new jet fighter will be their first assignment.
National Defense July 2011 Eric Beidel	Multi-Role JSF Simulator Delivered to Air Force Lockheed Martin recently sent the first of a new F-35 simulator to Eglin Air Force Base's 33rd Fighter Wing, which will begin using the system this fall.
National Defense December 2007 Breanne Wagner	Digital Designs and Virtual Tests Continue To Be Subject of Debate To speed up deliveries and cut costs, the U.S. military's newest jet fighter will undergo much of its testing in digital simulations.
National Defense September 2014 Dan Parsons	Fifth-Generation Fighters Will Determine Air Dominance in Future Conflicts The Raptor is the only combat-ready fifth-generation fighter in the world. Its thrust-vectoring engines, sensor fusion technology and stealth are what define it as a generational leap from previous fighter designs.
Popular Mechanics June 11, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	World's Priciest Stealth Plane Takes First Run to Vertical Landing Needing a boost after a negative report leak, Lockheed Martin tested a prototype of its latest Joint Strike Fighter for the Marines today -- a supersonic F-35 that lands like a chopper and thinks like a pilot.
Defense Update July 2008	5th Generation Fighter Dominated by the US - at Farnborough 2008 After years of progress, the F-35 Lightning II supersonic, multi-role, 5th generation stealth fighter program is accelerating the pace against other competitors
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005	Lockheed Martin uses software to manage risk on F-35 project Seeking a software tool to manage business risks for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics chose the Active Risk Manager, a Web-based enterprise risk management system, from U.K.-based Strategic Thought.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John McHale	F-35 Joint Strike Fighter leverages COTS for avionics systems Designers of the avionics systems for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft are using commercial off-the-shelf avionics wherever and whenever possible throughout the advanced fighter's cockpit
National Defense January 2015 Valerie Insinna	In Future Rotorcraft Acquisition, Services Working to Avoid Mistakes of Past Joint Programs The history of joint aircraft is littered with failures, and when programs do come to fruition, they oftentimes are marred by schedule delays and cost overruns. Case in point, critics say, is the uber-expensive F-35 joint strike fighter program.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Lockheed Martin Picks L-3 Display for F-35 L-3 Display Systems will design the Panoramic Cockpit Display (PCD) subsystem, a high-resolution, high-brightness, night-vision-compatible liquid-crystal display and a highly redundant display management computer.
National Defense March 2006	Joint Strike Fighter Gets Cleaned Up LJoint Strike Fighter testers at Edward Air Force Base are perfecting processes to cleanse the aircraft of biological and chemical contamination.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004	F-35 pilots to use helmet-mounted displays from BAE and VSI Pilots of the future F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will wear different helmet-mounted displays, depending on which variant of the stealth fighter they fly.
The Motley Fool June 18, 2004 Brian Gorman	Lockheed's Weight Problem Lockheed Martin will delay takeoff on its Joint Strike Fighter program due to a nagging problem that may leave the defense contractor's investors jittery.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006	LynuxWorks LynxOS-178 to Control F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Panoramic Cockpit Display Avionics designers at L-3 Communications needed a safety-critical real-time operating system for a portion of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. They found their solution in the LynxOS-178 DO-178B-certifiable ARINC-653 and POSIX-conformant RTOS from LynuxWorks.
National Defense July 2008 Grace V. Jean	Technologies Ease Burden on Pilots, Maintainers The F-35 Lighting II is being equipped with some of the latest technologies that will automate the duties of both pilots and maintenance crews.
National Defense January 2005 Robert Williams	Now Hear This: New Ear Plugs on the Way Military maintenance crews may soon be the beneficiaries of a small digital device that will protect them from permanent hearing loss caused by the roar of jet fighter turbines.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009	Joint Strike Fighter Program Employs Orbexpress Communications Middleware for Security Certification Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman official contract Objective Interface Systems to provide communications middleware that is certified to be secure for avionics in the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.
National Defense August 2011 Grace V. Jean	New Sensor Aims to Give F-35 Pilots a 'Window Into the Night' F-35 fighter pilots will wear a helmet that allows them to peer into the darkness with ease -- but only if a new digital sensor proves itself as capable as or better than existing night vision technology.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John Keller	Military Aircraft Funding to Peak This Year, Decline Over Next Decade U.S. military aircraft spending will peak this year at $47 billion, and decline to $41 billion in 2017, predict analysts of the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John Keller	The big defense cuts that didn't happen Many of the anticipated big cuts in the Pentagon's 2006 budget request have simply failed to materialize - yet. The U.S. Department of Defense budget request contains solid funding for electronics-rich programs such as the Air Force F/A-22 fighter-bomber, the Joint Strike Fighter, and the Army Future Combat System.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2009 Rich Smith	USAF Rolls Over. Will Lockheed Play Dead? Defense Secretary Gates wielded the budget axe against Lockheed's Raptor fighter jets, but the F-22's final dogfight will play out in Congress.
National Defense February 2016 Jon Harper	Air Force Facing Budgetary Train Wreck Absent a major increase in topline funding, the Air Force acquisition budget will experience a crunch in the 2020s, analysts said.
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean	Unmanned Systems Could Fly Majority of Air Force Missions Surveillance drones are becoming mainstream and the Air Force is even exploring a broader range of future missions for unmanned systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 J.R. Wilson	Avionics Enter the 5th Generation Advanced military aircraft such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the F-22 air-superiority jet fighter and the E-2D Hawkeye carrier-based maritime patrol and radar surveillance aircraft, will have powerful avionics systems like never seen before.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons	Air Force F-35s, Drones May Square Off in Budget Battle Unmanned aerial vehicles have become a potent portion of the U.S. Air Force inventory and an indispensable weapon in the global war on terror.
National Defense July 2008 Grace V. Jean	F-35 factory: One aircraft per day by 2016 Inside a manufacturing facility so large that workers routinely bike and ride golf carts down paths named after fighter jets, preparations are underway to begin mass production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
National Defense January 2005 Robert Williams	Joint Strike Fighter Pilots Get New Helmet An alternate helmet-mounted display for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that provides electro optics, protection and life support is being designed by BAE Systems, Rochester, United Kingdom, for Lockheed Martin.
National Defense December 2015 Jon Harper	F-35 Program Weighs Impact of Canadian Pullout Canada's anticipated withdrawal from the multinational joint strike fighter program could drive up the cost of the aircraft for U.S. taxpayers, said the officer managing the project.
National Defense September 2014 Dan Parsons	F-35 Looks to Move Past Recent Setbacks Recent months have been particularly inauspicious for the most expensive weapon system development program in U.S. history.
National Defense July 2012 Dan Parsons	Teaming Pilots With Drones Hampered By Technology The Army recently found that the most cost effective solution to replace its scout helicopters was a mix of traditional rotary wing platforms and unmanned aerial vehicles flying alongside to cover more ground in a single mission.
National Defense February 2016 Allyson Versprille	Lockheed Expands Training and Simulation Enterprise Lockheed Martin is increasing investments in training and simulation technologies with the expectation that international and domestic demand for such systems will remain strong, said executives for the defense contractor.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006	BAE Systems leadership sees growth in C4ISR funding BAE Systems North America's corporate leadership on the defense electronics industry discusses market outlook for next 5-10 years, best way to get products and designs in front of decision makers, and more.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2011 Rich Smith	Making War Safe for Robots Unless defense companies figure out a way to make UAVs survivable in contested airspace, the whole darn shootin' match could be rendered obsolete.
The Motley Fool July 7, 2011 Rich Smith	Lockheed's F-35 Is Huge in Japan Japan must choose between Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet and Lockheed's other fifth-generation warplane, the F-35 Lightning II, to replace its aging fleet of F-4 Phantoms.
National Defense June 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Aviation Wish-Lists Send Mixed Signals The Navy and Air Force want more planes from Boeing and Lockheed Martin, but doing so would decrease funds from the Joint Strike Fighter program.
National Defense December 2005 Stew Magnuson	Training Fleet Sees Slow but Steady Progress The U.S. Air Force is about four years away from completing a two decade-long process of revamping its fleet of training aircraft, according to service officials.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2010 Rich Smith	Is Boeing Too Expensive? The stock might not be too pricey, but the planes could be.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2009 Rich Smith	Is Lockheed Martin Doomed? Pundits predict the F-35's early demise.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2010 Rich Smith	Look, Up in the Air! Is it a bird? Is it a robot? Heck no! It's a manned fighter jet. Admiral Michael Mullen may believe there's no need for pilots in planes anymore, but some of the biggest names in unmanned-aerial-vehicle building are begging to differ.
Defense Update July 2008	Raptor Displays Super Aerodynamics at Farnborough 2008 In a breathtaking demonstration of aerodynamics and power, the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor air dominance fighter claimed an uncontested position as a 'superfighter'.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 J.R. Wilson	The evolution of UAV avionics Success of military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and development of new platforms for information, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) has led to some significant advances in small-scale avionics systems.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2010 Rich Smith	Lockheed Martin's 20%-Off Sale Want a cheaper airplane? Lockheed's got you covered.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2011 Rich Smith	Could Boeing Win this Dogfight? The more we learn about the F-35's performance, the less I think we can count Boeing out.