iscoverAn F-35A static test aircraft has completed full-scale static testing five month ahead of schedule and with zero structural failures. The aircraft, dubbed AG-1, was used to test the structural integrity of the F-35A design and was taken to 150 per cent of its design limits or 13.5 Gs in 174 critical load condition scenarios.
The first Lockheed Martin F-35C carrier variant (CV) made its first flight at Fort Worth on June 6, 10 months after it rolled off the production line last August. The flight of CF-01, which features a larger wing and horizontal stabiliser area, folding outer wing panels, structural strengthening, an arrestor hook and beefed up undercarriage
Boeing has reached agreement with AgustaWestland to licence build the AW101 in the US as its bid for the VXX US Presidential Helicopter replacement program. Boeing says, unlike the previous arrangement between Lockheed Martin and AgustaWestland which resulted in the US101, it is not partnering with anyone, rather it has secured the data and production
Canada took delivery of the first of 17 Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules transports at Trenton Air Base in Ontario on June 4. The aircraft, all stretched C-130J-30s and designated CC-130J in Canadian service, will replace C-130E and H models and will be operated by 8 Wing. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
The RAAF’s C-130 Hercules fleet recently experienced two emergency landings due to cockpit smoke and fumes in two days. The first incident occurred at RAAF Base Richmond on June 3, while the second happened on another aircraft the following day at RAAF Edinburgh. In both cases, the aircraft landed safely and no crew members were
That the troubled JSF program has been re-certified after its April Nunn-McCurdy breach is no surprise, especially after many of the issues which saw it breach the threshold were substantially addressed by US SECDEF Gates back in February. It’s interesting though to observe the disparity between the program cost estimates of the various ‘independent’ bodies reporting
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