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NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II test jet joined the fleet at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., today. Piloted by F-35 Test Pilot Dave "Doc" Nelson, the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B known as BF-4 became the fourth F-35 to arrive and begin testing at the Naval Air Systems Command site. The STOVL variant will be employed by the U.S. Marine Corps, the...
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The most advanced aircraft in the history of the United States Navy made its inaugural flight yesterday, assuring a future of long-range, first-day-of-the-war stealth striking capability from the Navy's big-deck carriers. The first Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35C Lightning II carrier variant took off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base at 11:46 a.m. and logged a 57 minute flight. (Photo:...
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The most advanced aircraft in the history of the United States Navy made its inaugural flight today, assuring a future of long-range, first-day-of-the-war stealth striking capability from the Navy's big-deck carriers. The first Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35C Lightning II carrier variant took off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base at 11:46 a.m. and logged a 57 min flight. (Photo:...
MOJAVE, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Masten Space Systems, a leader in vertical take off, vertical landing (VTVL) rocket vehicles, successfully demonstrated in-air engine re-light capability today at the company's test facility in Mojave, CA. Xombie, Masten's most-flown vehicle, carried out the test Wednesday and became the first VTVL vehicle to successfully re-light a rocket engine in flight. VTVL launch vehicles conserve fuel by shutting down their engines during the coast and re-entry...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.'s X2 Technology(TM) demonstrator achieved a speed of 181 knots in a test flight today at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100525/NE10376 ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060403/SIKORSKYLOGO ) The X2 Technology demonstrator combines an integrated suite of technologies intended to...
ORLANDO, Fla., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has signed a $40 million foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to the Royal Saudi Air Force. This is the second Sniper ATP purchase in a multi-year precision sensor modernization program to improve precision targeting, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability of Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S aircraft. The Royal Saudi Air Force first purchased Sniper pods in March...
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters flew nonstop from their final-assembly site in Fort Worth, Texas, to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., today, signaling a further expansion of F-35 flight test operations. The arrival is the first in a series that will increase the Edwards F-35 test fleet to at least eight aircraft. U.S. Air Force Test Pilot Lt. Col. Hank "Hog" Griffiths and Lockheed Martin Chief Test...
FRANKLIN PARK, Ill., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A. M. Castle & Co. (NYSE: CAS), a global distributor of specialty metal and plastic products, value-added services and supply chain solutions, announced today that it recently signed a memorandum of agreement with Lockheed Martin to enter into a six-year contract extension for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The contract extension contemplated by the memorandum of agreement is subject to the issuance of a purchase...
FORT WORTH, Texas, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The seventh Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II flight test aircraft took to the skies for the first time today, with the overall objective of validating the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant's weapons suite. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100420/LA90347) The jet, known as AF-2 and piloted by Lockheed Martin F-35 Test Pilot Jeff Knowles, took off at 5:27 p.m. CDT from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint...
FORT WORTH, Texas, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has offered its X2 Technology(TM) Light Tactical Helicopter concept for the U.S. Army's Armed Aerial Scout Program, the company announced today from the AAAA Annual Convention. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060403/SIKORSKYLOGO ) Sikorsky Aircraft formally submitted its response to the Department of Defense Request for Information on...
