New Stealth Fighters Relevant, Despite Rise of UAVs: Lockheed

Published: Feb 22, 2006
Source: www.defensenews.com



New warplanes like the stealthy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will continue to play a crucial role in combat despite the emergence of unmanned drones, U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin said Feb. 21.
The F-35 will undergo its first flight test between September and December this year, company officials said after announcing that the first F-35 has completed assembly and been moved out of the factory ahead of ground trials.
This follows Lockheed’s F-22 Raptor, the other “fifth-generation” fighter in the company’s stable, which entered U.S. Air Force service in December 2005.continue..