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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Delay concerns about the Royal Navy’s new jets

F-35 Lightning IIDesign problems with the Royal Navy’s new jets have led to fears the service could be left without any planes until well beyond 2020.

The US-led Joint Strike Fighter programme, which is developing F-35C jets for two new Portsmouth-based aircraft carriers, has hit the buffers after tests found the aircraft is currently unable to land on ships.

The catapult-launched jets are supposed to land when a hook built into the airframe catches a wire on a ship’s flight deck.

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