JSF's Weight Problems Nearing Solution, Contractor Says

Posted on: Jul. 23rd, 2004 || Source: aviationnow.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

FARNBOROUGH, England - Lockheed Martin Corp., the prime contractor for the U.S. Defense Department's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, has developed a proposal that mostly would solve the aircraft's problems with excess weight, a company official said July 21.

Tom Burbage, a Lockheed Martin executive vice president who oversees the company's F-35 efforts, told reporters at the Farnborough Air Show that Lockheed Martin has come up with a combination of weight reductions and thrust-related efficiencies that would have the equivalent effect of losing 2,500 pounds, which is roughly the size of the bulge that Lockheed Martin has been grappling with for more than a year.

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