Lockheed F-35 JSF flight test changes planned

Posted on: Sep. 17th, 2007 || Source: Flight Global | E-mail Article | Print Article

Lockheed F-35 JSF flight test changes planned

Streamlined flight testing, coalition buys and an integrated global supply chain for production and sutainment are among initiatives being pursued to keep the Joint Strike Fighter programme on budget and on track as it reaches the mid-point of development.

Two fewer flight-test aircraft and greater reliance on integration laboratories and flying testbeds is being proposed to reduce costs and restore reserves within the budget to handle unforeseen problems later in the development programme.

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