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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 June 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Training For War: A Multimedia Experience Just as training technologies for the newest fighter jets are going digital, so are those for one of the Air Force's oldest airplanes, the C-130 Hercules. |
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. |
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 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. |
National Defense November 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Updated F-35 Logistics System Coming Soon Over the next couple of months, the F-35's maintenance and logistics system will undergo a facelift with new hardware and software aimed at reducing the time needed to process data. |
National Defense January 2015 Valerie Insinna |
Important Tests Loom for Navy and Marine Corps F-35 The Navy and Marine Corps variants of the joint strike fighter have an eventful year ahead, and program officials are saddled with a long list of work to do before major milestones in the summer. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 April 2015 Valerie Insinna |
Troubled Logistics System Critical to F-35's Future Like the plane itself, the Autonomic Logistics Information System, or ALIS, has had its share of problems, including delays and limitations to its functionality. |
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 |
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 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 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 February 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Tactical Trainer Would Teach F-35 Pilots Decision-Making Skills A new tactical trainer for fifth-generation aircraft would allow F-35 pilots to practice how to react in deadly situations that would be impossible to recreate in live exercises. |
National Defense August 2010 Grace V. Jean |
More Airmen Joining Air Force Special Operations Command The squadron in charge of training Air Force Special Operations Command gunship crews is adapting training methods to accommodate increasing numbers of newly winged airmen. |
National Defense December 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Budget Cuts, Fuels Costs Could Spur Military Spending on Virtual Training The Air Force estimates it could save about $1.7 billion over five years by reducing flying hours by 5 percent and shifting more of its pilot and crew training to simulators. |
National Defense December 2015 Jon Harper |
Live, Virtual, Constructive Training Poised for Growth Advances in simulation technologies and data links will revolutionize the way U.S. fighter pilots train, according to Defense Department officials and members of industry. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to be Controlled Via Voice Commands The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will be the first U.S. fighter aircraft to employ a speech-recognition system. |
National Defense November 2013 Dan Parsons |
Joint Strike Fighter Total Cost Still Up in the Air The Air Force general in charge of bailing out development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is in agreement with Lockheed Martin that the mistakes of the past are behind them and the first operational jets will be available on time and on budget in 2015. |
National Defense December 2013 Dan Parsons |
Debate Continues Over Role of Simulators in UAS Pilot Training There still is no agreed upon method of training new UAS pilots -- and keeping seasoned operators proficient -- for future conflicts where U.S. drones will be flying in contested airspace. |
National Defense March 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Pilot Stress, Aging Equipment Cause Angst at D.C. Air Guard Defending the nation's capital from an aerial attack might seem a good enough reason to give a wing commander whatever he needs. But it has not worked out that way for the aviators of the District of Columbia Air National Guard. |
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 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. |
National Defense December 2012 Stew Magnuson |
T-X Jet Training System Competition Pits Old Aircraft Versus New With so few new big-ticket military hardware programs in the pipeline, major contractors are gearing up for the acquisition of the next-generation T-X jet fighter trainer, and its supporting simulators. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John McHale |
High-Fidelity COTS Technology Drives Flight Simulation Designers of flight training and simulation systems for military and commercial aviation depend on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology and common standards to create high-fidelity solutions. |
National Defense May 2004 Frank Colucci |
Air Force Refines Training Programs for UAV Operators With growing numbers of Predator and Global Hawk unmanned aircraft expected to enter service in the years ahead, the U.S. Air Force is solidifying plans to train operators and support crews. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
Training for the War on Terror Military personnel throughout the ranks hone their skills with advanced training and simulation systems. |
AskMen.com Dennis Ryan |
The Life Of A Test Pilot Find out what it's like trying to break airplanes for a living. |
National Defense December 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
In Times of Pentagon Budget Gloom, Sunnier Outlook for Simulation Industry Shrinking budgets for new weapons systems and live-fire training may boost demand for virtual simulations and gaming technologies. |
National Defense February 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Teaching Non-Pilots to Fly Predators Requires More Cockpit Hours in Manned Aircraft The Air Force last fall graduated its first class of Predator pilots from an experimental program aimed at training non-aviators how to fly remotely-operated aircraft. |
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 June 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Launching Flights Around The Clock in the Persian Gulf About to return home from the Persian Gulf, the Navy aircraft carrier USS Vinson has spent the last six months balancing two crucial missions: providing close-air support to U.S. ground troops in Iraq and trying to keep the waters safe from terrorists. |
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Revisiting Requirements for Pilot Training Senior U.S. Air Force officials are debating whether a planned drawdown of the service's aircraft fleet should be matched by cutbacks to the number of pilots that are recruited and trained. |
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Drills Emphasize `Expeditionary' Combat Skills With the number of aircraft expected to shrink in the years ahead---particularly fighter jets---the service will require a different talent mix, and eventually will end up with fewer fighter pilots and more officers in other specialties considered more relevant to the war on terrorism |
National Defense September 2006 David Axe |
Helicopter Squadron Gets New Aircraft; Learns Tactics, Maintenance Techniques "The Romeo is a Foxtrot plus a Bravo plus a Hotel -- all in one aircraft," says HSM-41 Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Nick Hunter. |
AskMen.com |
Teamwork: Simon Sinek Don't forget to push yourself outside of your comfort zone. "It is that well-oiled machine that makes the pilots and the United States Air Force such a remarkable organization." |
National Defense September 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
Tactical Aviation's Existential Debate: To Hover or Not to Hover? When it comes to saving prized weapon systems from the budget ax, the Marine Corps has excelled like no other branch of the military. |
National Defense April 2009 Robert H. Williams |
Sophisticated Flight Simulator Is Off the Ground A fully immersive cockpit simulator for the Navy's E-6B command, control and communications aircraft is now operational. |
Popular Mechanics May 2002 Jim Wilson |
Flexible Flier The Joint Strike Fighter puts the best of every 20th century warplane into one nimble and stealthy package... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 |
In Brief Lockheed Martin to upgrade software on A-10 military jet... BAE Systems Hawk aircraft trainer delivered to Royal Air Force... Infantry training system places simulator on the soldier... etc. |
National Defense April 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Army Slow To Adapt Fly-by-Wire Controls for Helicopters Fly-by-wire technology has long been credited for enabling military fighter jets to maneuver through the air. The technology displaces the pilot's mechanical linkages to the flight control surfaces with wires, which will allow a digital signal to "drive" the helicopter. |
National Defense December 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Predator, Reaper Crew Training at All Time High As Demand Continues Training activity at Holloman Air force Base reflects the ever-growing need for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets such as the MQ-1 and MQ-9. |
National Defense December 2014 Sarah Sicard |
Simulation Technology Offers Aircrews Enhanced Training Opportunities Simulators have long provided pilots with the basic training needed. Now, industry leaders are taking flight simulation to higher levels, creating entire new realities for pilots. |
Wired July 2001 Carl Hoffman |
The X Wars Boeing and Lockheed are battling head-to-head to build the strike fighter of the future, a sleek, smart aircraft that will carry tomorrow's Air Force, Navy, and Marines -- if it can fight its way out of the Pentagon... |