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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Meet the U.S. Jet Fighter That Can Do It All ... Maybe


On a mile-long assembly line in Ft. Worth, Texas, Lockheed Martin is putting together a jet fighter that no one can match. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be stealthier, smarter, more capable, and more flexible than any aircraft ever built.

It better be. It's costing American taxpayers close to $1 billion. A month.

"It is a flying computer," said Steve O'Bryan, vice president of the F-35's integration and business development at Lockheed Martin. "Where technology goes, where software goes, the F-35 will be flexible with it."

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