Tuesday, November 16, 2010

DTN News: Lockheed Martin F-35 Begins Flying Block 1 Software....NSI News Source Info # 1203

(NSI News Source Info) NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., - November 16, 2010: The fundamental building block for all future avionics software on the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has entered flight testing on an F-35 test jet.
“Block 1,” the first of three principal software-development blocks for the F-35’s mission systems, made its inaugural flight on Nov. 5 in the F-35B short takeoff/ vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft known as BF-4. The functional check flight from Naval Air Station Patuxent River lasted 1.5 hours, and all planned test points were accomplished.

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