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Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Lockheed F-35 fighter excels in test flights

F-35 Lightning IILockheed Martin Corp said that its multinational F-35 fighter aircraft, the Pentagon's costliest acquisition program, was performing surpassingly well in early test flight.

"We have never seen, ever, success in terms of avionics stability and maturity this early in a program," said Ralph Heath, executive vice president of the company's aeronautics business unit.

Lockheed, the Pentagon's No. 1 supplier by sales, projects it will sell up to 4500 F-35s worldwide to replace its F-16s and 12 other warplanes for 11 nations initially. The United States plans to spend about $300 billion over the next 25 years to buy 2443 F-35s.

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