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F135 STOVL earns certification

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., May 21 (UPI) -- Connecticut-based Pratt & Whitney received an up-and-away flight operations certification for its F135-PW-600 short-takeoff/vertical-landing propulsion system.

VMETRO to support F-35 program

HOUSTON, May 16 (UPI) -- VMETRO announced it has been contracted by Lockheed Martin to support the U.S. Defense Department's next-generation strike fighter F-35 Lightning II program.

Lightning II starts STOVL tests next year

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 1 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin says it will run its F-35B through regular flights before testing its STOVL systems.

Lockheed test-fires F-35B engine

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 1 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin test-fired the engine for its F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter for the first time.

Defense Focus: Weapons evolution -- Part 3

WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) -- When it comes to the evolution of weapons, designers make things bigger when they can't think of anything else to do with them.

Brits cut metal on production model F-35

MANCHESTER, England, April 18 (UPI) -- British company BAE Systems said Friday its supplier has started fuselage metal work on a production F-35 Lightning JSF.

NG starts work on production F-35 fuselage

PALMDALE, Calif., April 4 (UPI) -- U.S. company Northrop Grumman has started putting together the center fuselage for the first F-35A JSF.

LM upgrades F-35 JSF stealth tech

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 26 (UPI) -- U.S. company Lockheed Martin says it has been upgrading the stealth capabilities of its F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.

BAE completes F-35 critical fuel testing

FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- British company BAE Systems this week said it has finished fuel testing on its first F-35 Lightning II short STOVL aircraft.