Friday, October 8, 2010

F-35 News Updates -- October 8, 2010

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F-35s Resume Flight Operations, But Problems Persist -- Flight Global

A software glitch grounded the Lockheed Martin F-35 test fleet for at least four days and the short take-off and vertical landing mode remains barred due to an unresolved mechanical problem.

Lockheed lifted a grounding order on 5 October after installing a software fix that prevents a BAE Systems-supplied fuel boost pump system from potentially failing in flight. The grounding order was announced on 1 October, but F-35s had not flown since 28 September.

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More News On The F-35

F-35 flight testing resumes after software glitch is fixed
-- Star Telegram
Test F-35s return to the air -- Air Force Times
F-35 Fleet Grounded Due to Software Issue -- Daily tech

EVMS Sword Hangs Over F-35 -- DoD Buzz
Lockheed Loses Defense Approval of F-35 Cost-Tracking -- Bloomberg
DoD unhappy with Lockheed cost tracking system - still -- Star Telegram
Lockheed Surprised By EVMS Decertification -- Aviation Week
Pentagon decertifies Lockheed cost-tracking system -- Star Telegram
DoD Decertifies Lockheed's F-35 Progress Tracker -- Defense News

Israel to Buy 20 F-35 Fighters -- Daily Tech
Final Agreement Signed for the Purchase of F-35 Fighters -- Israel Defense Forces
Israel to buy 20 F-35 fighter jets in deal with US -- AFP
Israel, US sign $2.75 billion F-35 fighter deal -- Money Control
Israel buying American stealth fighters -- UPI
Israel signs contract to buy US-made fighter jets -- AP
US to fund sale of F-35 jets to Israel -- Press TV (Iran)

Turbulence dogs F-35 stealth fighter plane -- National Post
Harper calls F-35 fighter best jet for Canada's airforce -- Winnipeg Free Press
Harper defends fighter jet purchase -- The Spec
Former defence bureaucrat decries feds' purchase of F-35 jets -- Toronto Sun
$9B F-35 jets 'the best deal': Harper -- CBC

Norway defers some F-35 orders by two years -- Flight Global
New Dutch government to retain JSF commitment -- Flight Global
Lockheed gets funds for UK F-35 landing modification -- Flight Global
Taiwan interested in F-35 fighters: official -- Radio Taiwan
Pentagon, Lockheed sign F-35 contract -- Washington Post
Pentagon signs F-35 fighter contract with Lockheed -- Reuters

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