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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Lockheed finds cracks in F-35B test aircraft


Lockheed Martin has discovered a potentially significant problem with one model of its F-35 joint strike fighter, the company reported Wednesday.

The news comes just days before an important Pentagon meeting on the program's continuing delays and rising costs.

Lockheed issued a statement saying its Fort Worth engineering staff had found cracks in the rear bulkhead -- a major structural part weighing about 300 pounds -- of an F-35B ground test plane undergoing fatigue testing.

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